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[PATCH 1/2] Fixes chooser not accepting gitfiles

From
Remi Rampin <remirampin@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2015, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID
<1423153215-9706-2-git-send-email-remirampin@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Makes _is_git handle the case where the path is a "gitdir: ..." file.
---
 lib/choose_repository.tcl | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/choose_repository.tcl b/lib/choose_repository.tcl
index 92d6022..abc6b1d 100644
--- a/lib/choose_repository.tcl
+++ b/lib/choose_repository.tcl
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ method _git_init {} {
 }
 
 proc _is_git {path} {
+	if {[file isfile $path]} {
+		set fp [open $path r]
+		gets $fp line
+		close $fp
+		if {[regexp "^gitdir: (.+)$" $line line link_target]} {
+			set path [file join [file dirname $path] $link_target]
+			set path [file normalize $path]
+		}
+	}
+
 	if {[file exists [file join $path HEAD]]
 	 && [file exists [file join $path objects]]
 	 && [file exists [file join $path config]]} {
-- 
1.9.5.msysgit.0
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Message 13 of 14 in “[git-gui] bug report: "Open existing repository" dialog fails on submodules”
  1. Rémi RampinJan 30, 2015
  2. Chris PackhamFeb 2, 2015
  3. Chris PackhamFeb 2, 2015
  4. Rémi RampinFeb 2, 2015
  5. 1/2 Fixes _is_gitRemi Rampin, Feb 2, 2015
  6. 2/2 Makes _do_open2 set _gitdir to actual pathRemi Rampin, Feb 2, 2015
  7. Chris PackhamFeb 3, 2015
  8. Rémi RampinFeb 3, 2015
  9. Chris PackhamFeb 3, 2015
  10. Rémi RampinFeb 3, 2015
  11. Chris PackhamFeb 5, 2015
  12. 0/2 gitfile support git git-guiRemi Rampin, Feb 5, 2015
  13. 1/2 Fixes chooser not accepting gitfilesRemi Rampin, Feb 5, 2015
  14. 2/2 Makes chooser set 'gitdir' to the resolved pathRemi Rampin, Feb 5, 2015

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