Warning: "/bin/sh: git: command not found"

[dliessi]

When I compile a file including https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/definitions.ily and using some Git commands (e.g. \gitAuthor) I get some warnings saying "/bin/sh: git: command not found".
If I understand correctly, that file expects Git to be in $PATH, but this is not always the case.

I think that the location of external tools used by openlilylib should be customizable via a configuration file.
The configuration file should not be tracked by Git, otherwise it would be a problem when updating the repository.

[uliska]

I knew this only works on Linux but didn't find a viable solution so far 00

On 30. August 2014 12:23:47 MESZ, Davide Liessi [email protected] wrote:

When I compile a file including
https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/definitions.ily
and using some Git commands (e.g. \gitAuthor) I get some warnings
saying "/bin/sh: git: command not found".
If I understand correctly, that file expects Git to be in $PATH, but
this is not always the case.

I think that the location of external tools used by openlilylib should
be customizable via a configuration file.
The configuration file should not be tracked by Git, otherwise it would
be a problem when updating the repository.

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[uliska]

I knew this only works on Linux but didn't find a viable solution so far (no idea about Windows, though).

Does this make a problem beyond a scrambled tagline in your case?

On 30. August 2014 12:23:47 MESZ, Davide Liessi [email protected] wrote:

When I compile a file including
https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/definitions.ily
and using some Git commands (e.g. \gitAuthor) I get some warnings
saying "/bin/sh: git: command not found".
If I understand correctly, that file expects Git to be in $PATH, but
this is not always the case.

I think that the location of external tools used by openlilylib should
be customizable via a configuration file.
The configuration file should not be tracked by Git, otherwise it would
be a problem when updating the repository.

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[dliessi]

No, the only problem is the tagline, i.e. the Git commands seem to return an empty string.

I was thinking of something like an optional configuration file containing e.g.

gitexecutable="/opt/local/bin/git"

In https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/definitions.ily you would define gitexecutable="git", then check if the configuration file exists and in that case import it, and then use gitexecutable in \gitCommand instead of the hardcoded "git".

The configuration file name/path should be added to .gitignore.

I'll try to prepare a patch for this in the next days, if you agree.

Is Git the only external tool invoked by openlilylib?
What would be an appropriate name and location for the configuration file?
(If Git is the only tool, maybe the file could be placed in https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/)

[jan-warchol]

2014-08-30 16:00 GMT+02:00 Davide Liessi [email protected]:

No, the only problem is the tagline, i.e. the Git commands seem to return
an empty string.

I was thinking of something like an optional configuration file containing
e.g.

gitexecutable="/opt/local/bin/git"

In
https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/definitions.ily
you would define gitexecutable="git", then check if the configuration
file exists and in that case import it, and then use gitexecutable in
\gitCommand instead of the hardcoded "git".

The configuration file name/path should be added to .gitignore.

I'll try to prepare a patch for this in the next days, if you agree.

Is Git the only external tool invoked by openlilylib?

I think so.

What would be an appropriate name and location for the configuration file?
(If Git is the only tool, maybe the file could be placed in
https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/blob/master/general-tools/git-commands/
)

That should be fine.

[uliska]

No, the only problem is the tagline, i.e. the Git commands seem to return an empty string. I was thinking of something like an optional configuration file containing e.g. gitexecutable="/opt/local/bin/git"

@dliessi To come back to this, what would which git return on Mac?

[dliessi]

To come back to this, what would which git return on Mac?

By default nothing, since Git is not installed by the system; with MacPorts generally /opt/local/bin/git; with Homebrew (and probably also installing from source or with the prebuilt binary) /usr/local/bin/git.

Anyway this is only if the $PATH is configured correctly, but on Mac graphic applications don't inherit the $PATH from the user: they use instead a system wide $PATH (that by default is empty, if I remember correctly) and it is extremely unlikely that the user touched it.

[dliessi]

I'll try to prepare a patch for this in the next days

Oops! I didn't remember of this issue.
I'll put it on the todo list, if you want.

[uliska]

Well, if you want. But I'd prefer a nice audio file ;-)

[dliessi]

But I'd prefer a nice audio file ;-)

:D