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Re: [PATCH] Make Git accept absolute path names for files within the work tree

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Nov 27, 2007, 08:45 UTC
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<474BD90C.5020102@viscovery.net>
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<1196119109-27483-1-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Robin Rosenberg schrieb:
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> +test_expect_success 'add files using absolute path names' '
> +echo a >afile &&
> +echo b >bfile &&
> +git-add afile &&
> +git-add $(pwd)/bfile &&

Please use "$(pwd)/bfile" (d-quotes) throughout. Otherwise the test would fail if conducted in a directory with spaces.

-- Hannes
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Message 9 of 10 in “Make Git accept absolute path names for files within the work tree”
  1. Make Git accept absolute path names for files within the work treeRobin Rosenberg, Nov 26, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2007
  3. Robin RosenbergNov 27, 2007
  4. Make Git accept absolute path names for files within the work treeRobin Rosenberg, Nov 27, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  6. Robin RosenbergNov 29, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtNov 27, 2007
  10. Robin RosenbergNov 27, 2007

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