Re: [PATCH] fixes svn's chdir before invoking $EDITOR for commit log message

> > Is '<envvar>=<value> <command>' portable?
>
> No.
>
> $ csh
> debian2:~> XXX=yyy vi
> XXX=yyy: Command not found.
>
> It may not work in old Bourne shells either, it's so long since I used
> one I can't remember.

Damn, of course, thanks. How about invoking python; is it portable to
call:

        python -c 'import os; print os.getcwd()'

? Maybe I could have the test internally assign that to 'EDITOR' in
the environment (Python must have equivalent of 'putenv(), right?),
and then invoke 'svn commit', and see what the editor thought cwd was.

Thanks for the patch comments; I'll wait a bit to see if there are
more, and then I'll repost it with advised corrections.

Alexis

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Received on Fri Aug 23 18:43:40 2002