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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2007, 02:05 UTC
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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> writes:
> Maybe we should have a boolean indicating whether the arguments refer
> to filespecs or not to make this clear or rewite the mingw fallouts in
> some other way.

I wondered the same, but my vote would be to make them separate functions. You would need a function to abstract out pasting of paths to ease MinGW people even without this "ah absolute -- let's make it relative to work tree first" hack, anyway.

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  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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