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[PATCH v2] enter_repo(): fix docs to match code

From
Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 31, 2015, 13:39 UTC
Message-ID
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 07:44:08AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> Yes, this was adjusted in b3256eb (standardize and improve lookup rules
> for external local repos, 2012-02-02), but I failed to update the
> comment.
> 
> Your patch is certainly an improvement, but I think there are more
> inaccuracies in the comment caused by that commit. Maybe squash this on
> top:
Thanks for catching.
I've squashed the patches and rewrote the commit message.
-->8--

In b3256eb (standardize and improve lookup rules for external local repos), enter_repo() was modified to use a different precedence ordering of suffixes for DWIM of the repository path, and to ensure that the repository path is actually valid instead of just testing for existence. However, the documentation was not modified to reflect these changes. As such, fix the documentation to match the code.

Documentation contributed by Jeff King.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
---
 path.c | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index e608993..595da81 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -303,14 +303,9 @@ return_null:
  * (3) "relative/path" to mean cwd relative directory; or
  * (4) "/absolute/path" to mean absolute directory.
  *
- * Unless "strict" is given, we try access() for existence of "%s.git/.git",
- * "%s/.git", "%s.git", "%s" in this order.  The first one that exists is
- * what we try.
- *
- * Second, we try chdir() to that.  Upon failure, we return NULL.
- *
- * Then, we try if the current directory is a valid git repository.
- * Upon failure, we return NULL.
+ * Unless "strict" is given, we check "%s/.git", "%s", "%s.git/.git", "%s.git"
+ * in this order. We select the first one that is a valid git repository, and
+ * chdir() to it. If none match, or we fail to chdir, we return NULL.
  *
  * If all goes well, we return the directory we used to chdir() (but
  * before ~user is expanded), avoiding getcwd() resolving symbolic
-- 
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  1. enter_repo(): fix suffix precedence documentationPaul Tan, Mar 30, 2015
  2. Matthieu MoyMar 30, 2015
  3. enter_repo(): fix docs to match codePaul Tan, Mar 31, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2015
  5. Jeff KingMar 31, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2015
  7. enter_repo(): fix docs to match codePaul Tan, Mar 31, 2015
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