- /* Trivial cleanup */
- while (!strncmp(exec_path, "./", 2)) {
- exec_path += 2;
- while (*exec_path == '/')
- exec_path++;
+ cmd += 2;
+
+ /*
+ * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
+ * commands can be written with "--" prepended
+ * to make them look like flags.
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(cmd, "help"))
+ break;
+ if (!strcmp(cmd, "version"))
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Check remaining flags (which by now must be
+ * "--exec-path", but maybe we will accept
+ * other arguments some day)
+ */
+ if (!strncmp(cmd, "exec-path", 9)) {
+ cmd += 9;
+ if (*cmd == '=') {
+ git_set_exec_path(cmd + 1);
+ continue;
+ }
+ puts(git_exec_path());
+ exit(0);