diff options
| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-10-24 21:57:53 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-10-24 21:57:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 217610d7d61864f24efc0ea837dc911be44fd9c6 (patch) | |
| tree | ebcbe1cde6d22498c7007a0b3e117e93168378f8 /Documentation | |
| parent | f35a02b15d22521c4902d8b3434c7c55eeab4a1d (diff) | |
| parent | a915459097b72da9cc058172a54029352b684b0f (diff) | |
| download | git-217610d7d61864f24efc0ea837dc911be44fd9c6.zip git-217610d7d61864f24efc0ea837dc911be44fd9c6.tar.gz git-217610d7d61864f24efc0ea837dc911be44fd9c6.tar.bz2 | |
Merge branch 'rs/run-command-env-array'
Add managed "env" array to child_process to clarify the lifetime
rules.
* rs/run-command-env-array:
use env_array member of struct child_process
run-command: add env_array, an optional argv_array for env
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -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 842b838..3f12fcd 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. |