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| author | René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> | 2014-10-19 15:13:55 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-10-20 02:26:31 +0400 |
| commit | 19a583dc39e3e1110f746e837c5ce1953d6ebfa1 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e16bc5612a97be1602c703a622dba52b55b3b56 /Documentation/technical | |
| parent | 98349e5364da6164add4ede3e63ceba2cc39159b (diff) | |
run-command: add env_array, an optional argv_array for env
Similar to args, add a struct argv_array member to struct child_process
that simplifies specifying the environment for children. It is freed
automatically by finish_command() or if start_command() encounters an
error.
Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 842b8389eb..3f12fcdd4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env: . If the string does not contain '=', it names an environment variable that will be removed from the child process's environment. +If the .env member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the +.env_array `argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but not both). +The memory in .env_array will be cleaned up automatically during +`finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful). + To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process, specify it in the .dir member. |