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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mingw: allow absolute paths without drive prefix

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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Dec 13, 2018, 19:38 UTC
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Am 13.12.18 um 07:25 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
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> Am 13.12.18 um 03:48 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> So,... what's the conclusion?  The patch in the context of my tree
>> would be a no-op, and we'd need a prerequisite change to the support
>> function to accompany this patch to be effective?
> 
> Correct, that is my conclusion.

Moreover, there is no problem with your tree to begin with. I cloned into a destination without a drive letter:

C:\>git clone R:\j6t\expat.git \Temp\expat Cloning into '\Temp\expat'... done.

and it works fine. If I understood the description in patch 1/2 correctly, this should have failed.

-- Hannes
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Message 8 of 10 in “mingw: support absolute paths without a drive prefix”
  1. 0/2 mingw: support absolute paths without a drive prefixJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Dec 10, 2018
  2. 2/2 mingw: allow absolute paths without drive prefixJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Dec 10, 2018
  3. Johannes SixtDec 10, 2018
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2018
  5. Johannes SixtDec 11, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2018
  7. Johannes SixtDec 13, 2018
  8. Johannes SixtDec 13, 2018
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2018
  10. 1/2 mingw: demonstrate a problem with certain absolute pathsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Dec 10, 2018

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