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Re: [PATCH 3/4] Support working directory located at root

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Feb 9, 2010, 19:19 UTC
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<201002092019.45134.j6t@kdbg.org>
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On Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>  I said I would have code change for DOS drive too. But I take it back.
>  Supporting GIT_DIR=C:\.git might be easy, GIT_DIR=C:.git is not.

One does not set GIT_DIR=C:.git; it would be insane because it means ".git in an unpredictable directory somewhere on drive C". It would be great to support GIT_DIR=C:/.git

-- Hannes
Previous: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc DuyNext: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
Message 6 of 12 in “make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash”
  1. 1/4 make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slashNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  2. 2/4 rev-parse: make --git-dir return /.git instead of //.gitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  5. 3/4 Support working directory located at rootNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  6. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  8. 4/4 Add test for using Git at root of file systemNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  9. João Carlos Mendes LuísFeb 10, 2010
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  11. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010

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