PATCH: vc-git.el: alternative git executable locations

PATCH: vc-git.el: alternative git executable locations

[Matthew Daniel]

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Hello Alexandre,

I saw on emacs-devel that patches against vc-git.el should be directed to you.

I interact with some git projects, but I do not leave the MinGW-git in
my PATH. Thus, I need to be able to tell Emacs where to find git.

The other vc elisps used a defcustom named vc-${vc}-program, so I
named the git one to follow their convention.

  Thanks for your time,
  -- /v\atthew

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=== modified file 'lisp/vc/vc-git.el'
--- lisp/vc/vc-git.el	2010-11-09 20:07:10 +0000
+++ lisp/vc/vc-git.el	2011-03-03 21:29:12 +0000
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@
   (require 'vc-dir)
   (require 'grep))
 
+(defcustom vc-git-program "git"
+  "String which contains the executable to invoke for Git support.
+If the string is not a fully-qualified path, then the normal execp
+semantics will apply."
+  :type 'string
+  :group 'vc)
+
 (defcustom vc-git-diff-switches t
   "String or list of strings specifying switches for Git diff under VC.
 If nil, use the value of `vc-diff-switches'.  If t, use no switches."
@@ -990,7 +997,7 @@
 (defun vc-git-command (buffer okstatus file-or-list &rest flags)
   "A wrapper around `vc-do-command' for use in vc-git.el.
 The difference to vc-do-command is that this function always invokes `git'."
-  (apply 'vc-do-command (or buffer "*vc*") okstatus "git" file-or-list flags))
+  (apply 'vc-do-command (or buffer "*vc*") okstatus vc-git-program file-or-list flags))
 
 (defun vc-git--empty-db-p ()
   "Check if the git db is empty (no commit done yet)."
@@ -1001,7 +1008,7 @@
   ;; We don't need to care the arguments.  If there is a file name, it
   ;; is always a relative one.  This works also for remote
   ;; directories.
-  (apply 'process-file "git" nil buffer nil command args))
+  (apply 'process-file vc-git-program nil buffer nil command args))
 
 (defun vc-git--out-ok (command &rest args)
   (zerop (apply 'vc-git--call '(t nil) command args)))

Re: PATCH: vc-git.el: alternative git executable locations

[Glenn Morris]

Thanks; I applied something similar.