Re: [PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

From: J.H. van de Water <houder@xs4all.nl>
Date: Nov 28, 2018, 05:55 UTC
Message-ID: <1543384528-4498-1-git-send-email-houder@xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1s75u9im.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

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> > me@work /cygdrive
> > $ ls
> > c  d
> >
> > So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin.
> 
> That supports the code that does not special case a path that begins
> with /cygdrive/ and simply treats it as a full path and freely use
> relative path, I guess.  Very good point.

Please read

    https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive
    ( The cygdrive path prefix )

.... you can access arbitary drives on your system by using the cygdrive path prefix. The default value for this prefix is /cygdrive ... ....

The cygdrive prefix is a >>> virtual directory <<< under which all drives on a system are subsumed ... ....

The cygdrive prefix may be CHANGED in the fstab file as outlined above !!!!! ....

To simplify scripting, Cygwin also provides a /proc/cygdrive symlink, ...

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