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[PATCH] git-checkout: Handle relative paths containing "..".

From
David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 8, 2007, 02:33 UTC
Message-ID
<1194489192-20021-1-git-send-email-dsymonds@gmail.com>
Based on gitte's idea.
Signed-off-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
---
 git-checkout.sh |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 8993920..b2c50aa 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
 	fi
 
 	# Make sure the request is about existing paths.
-	git ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
-	git ls-files -- "$@" |
-	git checkout-index -f -u --stdin
+	git ls-files --full-name --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
+	git ls-files --full-name -- "$@" |
+		(cd "$(git-rev-parse --show-cdup)" &&
+		 git checkout-index -f -u --stdin)
 
         # Run a post-checkout hook -- the HEAD does not change so the
         # current HEAD is passed in for both args
-- 
1.5.3.5.1529.g69a1-dirty
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