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Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jan 16, 2009, 16:50 UTC
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Johannes Sixt schrieb:
> Gábor's patch needs a better justification which misbehavior it tries to
> fix, and the spot that it changes:

I actually meant: "which use-case the patch tries to help". Because the current behavior can hardly be classified as bug. ("You have no business cd-ing around in .git." ;)

-- Hannes
Previous: Johannes SixtNext: SZEDER Gábor
Message 4 of 12 in “Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir”
  1. Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdirSZEDER Gábor, Jan 16, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtJan 16, 2009
  4. Johannes SixtJan 16, 2009
  5. SZEDER GáborJan 16, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  9. SZEDER GáborJan 19, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2009
  11. Johannes SixtJan 19, 2009
  12. t1500: extend with tests of 'git rev-parse --git-dir'SZEDER Gábor, Jan 19, 2009

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