Merge branch 'js/maint-1.6.0-exec-path-env' into maint-1.6.1

* js/maint-1.6.0-exec-path-env:
Propagate --exec-path setting to external commands via GIT_EXEC_PATH

diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index cdd35f91954bdc751455e1083a0612a21eeadc67..351fec2e9e374eacaeba88d2a7dddf11f5e331ce 100644 (file)
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ void git_set_argv0_path(const char *path)
 void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
 {
        argv_exec_path = exec_path;
+       /*
+        * Propagate this setting to external programs.
+        */
+       setenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT, exec_path, 1);
 }