SparkleShare does not look in /usr/local/bin for git but crashes instead

[hbons]

SparkleShare does not look in /usr/local/bin for git but crashes instead

[hbons]

can you paste the output of 'whereis git' please?

[roddi]

randall:~ admin$ whereis git
/usr/bin/git

run on Mac OS X 10.6.6
git was installed with homebrew package manager: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew

When I set a symbolic link it works:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git

[roddi]

randall:~ admin$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git

[hbons]

we now use 'whereis git' as the path to git.
ad2c873

[Dieterbe]

why not just invoke git without explicit path?
that will rely on $PATH which is the same as what tools such as which and whereis use anyway.

it would however be interesting if, on startup, you first check whether a call like git --version successfully finishes (return code 0) if not, show a warning dialog "Could not find git" and shut down.

[hbons]

@Dieterbe: because on the Mac, git isn't in $PATH.

"it would however be interesting if, on startup, you first check whether a call like git --version successfully finishes (return code 0) if not, show a warning dialog "Could not find git" and shut down."

This is done with 'whereis git' too.

[Dieterbe]

This is done with 'whereis git' too.

true, that would also work.

but:if on your system you have binaries that you want to run, then you should add their dirname to $PATH. (that's what $PATH is for), it's not up to the app to workaround an incorrectly configured $PATH