Do not set the HOME variable in the installer #166
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We really should not need to set HOME globally anymore because we set it in Git Bash in /etc/profile, and in the Git wrappers for cmd.exe. Setting HOME caused problems, in particular when we hardcoded it to the administrator's HOME if Git was installed using the administrator's account. This closes msysgit/git#119. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
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@sschuberth this is not tested on my side but should be correct (read: I cannot see what could be wrong with the patch ;-)). |
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About the wording in the commit message: We do not set HOME "in Git Bash", but "for Git Bash in etc/profile". We do not have "Git Cmd" or git.cmd anymore, but the git.exe wrapper and the gitk.cmd wrapper (which both set HOME). Also, if merging this should auto-close issue 119 (which IMHO it should), then you should mention it using this syntax. |
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Regarding the code, you should also remove the logic to "Delete HOME if a previous installation modified it" and to "Reset the current user's HOME if we modified it" (search for these comments in the code). |
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That's funny... I force-pushed but the pull request was not updated... I think I addressed all your concerns about the pull request; feel free to merge/adjust! |
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The PR was updated, just not the first comment in this conversation (which defaults to the original PR's first commit's message). |
Do not set the HOME variable in the installer
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Thanks! |
We really should not need to set HOME globally anymore because we set it
in Git Bash, in Git Cmd and in compat/mingw.c.
Setting HOME caused problems, in particular when we hardcoded it to
the administrator's HOME if Git was installed using the administrator's
account.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin [email protected]