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Re: [PATCH] rev-parse: fix --git-common-dir when executed from subpath of main tree

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
May 19, 2016, 08:50 UTC
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<20160519085049.GA26914@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To
<1459734143-95832-1-git-send-email-rappazzo@gmail.com>
On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 09:42:23PM -0400, Michael Rappazzo wrote:
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> Executing `git-rev-parse --git-common-dir` from the root of the main
> worktree results in '.git', which is the relative path to the git dir.
> When executed from a subpath of the main tree it returned somthing like:
> 'sub/path/.git'.  Change this to return the proper relative path to the
> git directory (similar to `--show-cdup`).

Note that `git rev-parse --git-dir` returns an absolute path, not a relative one. Shouldn't --git-common-dir "simply" return the same as --git-dir when not in a worktree?

Mike
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  1. rev-parse: fix --git-common-dir when executed from subpath of main treeMichael Rappazzo, Apr 4, 2016
  2. Eric SunshineApr 4, 2016
  3. Duy NguyenApr 8, 2016
  4. Mike RappazzoApr 8, 2016
  5. Mike HommeyMay 19, 2016
  6. Mike RappazzoMay 19, 2016
  7. Mike HommeyMay 19, 2016

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