Re: [PATCH JGIT] Ensure created test repositories use canonical paths

> [With correct CC list. Sorry for the resend Robin]
> 
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 18:35, Robin
> Rosenberg<robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:
> > onsdag 19 augusti 2009 15:18:11 skrev Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>:
> >> Fixes breakage in the RepositoryCacheTest when running tests using:
> >>
> >>       mvn -f ./jgit-maven/jgit/pom.xml test
> >> [...]
> >> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
> >>               trash = new File(trashParent,"trash"+System.currentTimeMillis()+"."+(testcount++));
> >> -             trash_git = new File(trash, ".git");
> >> +             trash_git = new File(trash, ".git").getCanonicalFile();
> >> @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ protected Repository createNewEmptyRepo() throws IOException {
> >>       protected Repository createNewEmptyRepo(boolean bare) throws IOException {
> >>               final File newTestRepo = new File(trashParent, "new"
> >>                               + System.currentTimeMillis() + "." + (testcount++)
> >> -                             + (bare ? "" : "/") + ".git");
> >> +                             + (bare ? "" : "/") + ".git").getCanonicalFile();
> >
> > We use getCanonicalFile here and Repository.gitDir  is initialized with getAbsoluteDir.
> 
> BTW, a simpler fix would be to initialize trashParent to a canonical
> path, which might be less intrusive.
> 
> > Does this work on all platforms?
> 
> I have only tested on Linux.
> 
> > Seems linux normalized things when you do things like, but I'm not sure that happens everywhere.
> 
> If you think it is a problem, let's drop the patch. It just seemed
> like a simple way to increase robustness.