From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:36:18 GMT
Subject: Re: git-daemon: path validation, export all option
Message-ID: <433966F2.3090304@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509270802140.3308@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Removing the "chdir(".git")" thing is very wrong, though. Why do it?
> 
> It's very much on purpose: you can export even "regular" git trees (ie 
> trees you have checked out) without the other side having to say
> 
> 	git clone machine.com:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux/.git
> 
> where the final "/.git" is just stupid.
> 

Agreed.  I wasn't thinking too hard about it, and it doesn't do any harm 
since failure is ignored.

	-hpa