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[v4] doc: hint about GIT_DEBUGGER in CodingGuidelines

Message ID 20190528190729.78029-1-emilyshaffer@google.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v4] doc: hint about GIT_DEBUGGER in CodingGuidelines | expand

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Emily Shaffer May 28, 2019, 7:07 p.m. UTC 
We check for a handy environment variable GIT_DEBUGGER when running via
bin-wrappers/, but this feature is undocumented. Add a hint to how to
use it into the CodingGuidelines (which is where other useful
environment settings like DEVELOPER are documented).

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 6 ++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 32210a4386..1169ff6c8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
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@@ -412,6 +412,12 @@  For C programs:
    must be declared with "extern" in header files. However, function
    declarations should not use "extern", as that is already the default.
 
+ - You can launch gdb around your program using the shorthand GIT_DEBUGGER.
+   Run `GIT_DEBUGGER=1 ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to simply use gdb as is, or
+   run `GIT_DEBUGGER="<debugger> <debugger-args>" ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to
+   use your own debugger and arguments. Example: `GIT_DEBUGGER="ddd --gdb"
+   ./bin-wrappers/git log` (See `wrap-for-bin.sh`.)
+
 For Perl programs:
 
  - Most of the C guidelines above apply.