Re: [PATCH] get_sha1: support relative path "<obj>:<sth>" syntax

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 10, 2010, 19:34 UTC
Message-ID: <7veiatht1b.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1289407021-30287-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

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>  		if (namelen < 3 ||
>  		    name[2] != ':' ||
> -		    name[1] < '0' || '3' < name[1])
> +		    name[1] < '0' || '3' < name[1]) {
>  			cp = name + 1;
> +			if (startup_info && cp[0] == '.' &&
> +			    (cp[1] == '/' || (cp[1] == '.' && cp[2] == '/'))) {
> +				new_path = prefix_path(startup_info->prefix,
> +						       strlen(startup_info->prefix),
> +						       cp);
> +				cp = new_path;
> +			}
> +		}

What does this new codepath do when we know where the working tree is and we are outside of the working tree (e.g. we are looking at the index or a commit in a submodule from above the superproject)?

What should it do?