1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index a460d155..476dcf30 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ sub check_git_exe () {
                  $GIT_VER = eval("v$1") // die "BUG: bad vstring: $1 ($v)";
                  $EXE_ST = $st;
          }
+        $GIT_EXE;
  }
  
  sub git_version {
@@ -422,6 +423,11 @@ sub async_err ($$$$$) {
          $async_warn ? carp($msg) : $self->fail($msg);
  }
  
+sub cmd {
+        my $self = shift;
+        [ $GIT_EXE // check_git_exe(), "--git-dir=$self->{git_dir}", @_ ]
+}
+
  # $git->popen(qw(show f00)); # or
  # $git->popen(qw(show f00), { GIT_CONFIG => ... }, { 2 => ... });
  sub popen {