From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:36:59 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsexportcommit: be graceful when "cvs status" reorders the arguments Message-ID: <7v1w7ap0vo.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: >> The script uses File::Basename upfront so perhaps just simply... > > I tried that. But as the file need not exist, "basename" went on strike. > > So I'll keep the (ugly) version. The reason why "basename" is not being used needs documented in the code then. The next person will likely to make the same mistake as I did.