Allow the test suite to pass in a directory whose name contains spaces

diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 2ffbd7e67b20d2680cbe00b76b7ff3a5dcf2da06..9e36151bf97d36945ca3464e719687718ee6d1c7 100644 (file)
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ int is_executable(const char *name)
        return st.st_mode & S_IXUSR;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Search $PATH for a command.  This emulates the path search that
+ * execvp would perform, without actually executing the command so it
+ * can be used before fork() to prepare to run a command using
+ * execve() or after execvp() to diagnose why it failed.
+ *
+ * The caller should ensure that file contains no directory
+ * separators.
+ *
+ * Returns the path to the command, as found in $PATH or NULL if the
+ * command could not be found.  The caller inherits ownership of the memory
+ * used to store the resultant path.
+ *
+ * This should not be used on Windows, where the $PATH search rules
+ * are more complicated (e.g., a search for "foo" should find
+ * "foo.exe").
+ */
 static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file)
 {
        const char *p = getenv("PATH");
@@ -179,7 +196,7 @@ static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file)
                }
                strbuf_addstr(&buf, file);
 
-               if (!access(buf.buf, F_OK))
+               if (is_executable(buf.buf))
                        return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 
                if (!*end)