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[PATCH] git: make "git -C '' <cmd>" not to barf

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2015, 15:41 UTC
Message-ID
<1425397291-25435-1-git-send-email-karthik.188@gmail.com>
now it works like cd "" which silently succeeds
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
 git.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 8c7ee9c..f4c2285 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 				fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for -C.\n" );
 				usage(git_usage_string);
 			}
-			if (chdir((*argv)[1]))
+			if (*(*argv)[1] == 0)
+				; /* Ignore "" as a directory */
+			else if (chdir((*argv)[1]))
 				die_errno("Cannot change to '%s'", (*argv)[1]);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
-- 
2.3.1.167.g7f4ba4b.dirty
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  2. Matthieu MoyMar 3, 2015
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