Re: [PATCH v4] git-new-workdir: Don't fail if the target directory is empty

From: Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net>
Date: Dec 10, 2014, 17:16 UTC
Message-ID: <1418231817.3947.4.camel@mad-scientist.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk32ho8mc.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 15:16 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net> writes:
> 
> > This is what happens for a file:
> >
> > $ rm -f foo
> >
> > $ touch foo
> >
> > $ ./src/git/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir src/git foo master
> > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘foo’: Not a directory
> > unable to create new workdir "foo"!
> 
> ;-)  That comes from mkdir || fail which is indeed sufficient.

Hi Junio;

Is this all set to be applied or is there more to do?

Cheers!