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Re: [PATCH] Makefile: fix misdetection of relative pathnames

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2009, 17:19 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
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> That said, I don't think it's worth to cater for this use-case, precisely
> because we want to *avoid* absolute paths on Windows anyway, and apply the
> change that you proposed here.
>
> [*] The reason it does not work is that we cannot use MSYS-style absolute
> paths /c/Foo/Bar because the paths will be interpreted by git, which does
> not understand them; the user must specify drive-letter absolute paths
> c:/Foo/Bar, but the check does not catch them.
Hmm, not c:\Program Files\Git?

In any case, thanks for an Ack. It clears one remaining issue for -rc0 (and there are certainly others I have forgot).

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  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  3. Steffen ProhaskaFeb 5, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  5. Pascal ObryFeb 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  7. Pascal ObryFeb 5, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  10. Makefile: fix misdetection of relative pathnamesJunio C Hamano, Feb 5, 2009
  11. Johannes SixtFeb 5, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  13. A Large Angry SCMFeb 5, 2009

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