Merge branch 'fix'
[git/debian.git] / compat / setenv.c
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1 #include <stdlib.h>
2 #include <string.h>
4 int gitsetenv(const char *name, const char *value, int replace)
6 int out;
7 size_t namelen, valuelen;
8 char *envstr;
10 if (!name || !value) return -1;
11 if (!replace) {
12 char *oldval = NULL;
13 oldval = getenv(name);
14 if (oldval) return 0;
17 namelen = strlen(name);
18 valuelen = strlen(value);
19 envstr = malloc((namelen + valuelen + 2));
20 if (!envstr) return -1;
22 memcpy(envstr, name, namelen);
23 envstr[namelen] = '=';
24 memcpy(envstr + namelen + 1, value, valuelen);
25 envstr[namelen + valuelen + 1] = 0;
27 out = putenv(envstr);
28 /* putenv(3) makes the argument string part of the environment,
29 * and changing that string modifies the environment --- which
30 * means we do not own that storage anymore. Do not free
31 * envstr.
34 return out;