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Re: [PATCH] git-checkout: Test for relative path use.

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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date
Nov 9, 2007, 19:48 UTC
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fredag 09 november 2007 skrev Junio C Hamano:
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> David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > 	Test 5 in this series fails because of a bug in git-ls-files, where
> > 		git-ls-files t/../
> > 	(with or without --full-name) returns no files.
> 
> Heh, you shouldn't do that ;-)
> 
> Seriously, that's a long standing limitation in the code, not to
> deal with arbitrary combination of ups and downs, but I do not
> think there is any fundamental reason to disallow something
> like:
> 
> 	cd Documentation && git ls-files --full-name ../t
> 
> Patches welcome.

I'm for allowing it, but then it should really be all over, not just some arbitrary command. Everywhere or not at all.

-- robin
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Message 7 of 15 in “git-checkout: Support relative paths containing "..".”
  1. git-checkout: Support relative paths containing "..".David Symonds, Nov 9, 2007
  2. git-checkout: Test for relative path use.David Symonds, Nov 9, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2007
  4. David SymondsNov 9, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2007
  6. David SymondsNov 9, 2007
  7. Robin RosenbergNov 9, 2007
  8. Johannes SixtNov 9, 2007
  9. David SymondsNov 9, 2007
  10. git-checkout: Test for relative path use.David Symonds, Nov 9, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2007
  12. David SymondsNov 9, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2007
  14. David SymondsNov 9, 2007
  15. git-checkout: Test for relative path use.David Symonds, Nov 9, 2007

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