From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:14:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle double slashes in make_relative_path()
Message-ID: <7viqasbmtc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vwrz8bnbj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> I think one issue is what happens when you did this:
>
>     cd //server
>     git --git-dir=//server/repo/repo.git --work-tree=repo
>
> Does msysgit implementation figures out that the work tree is located at
> "//server/repo" when get_git_work_tree() is asked to produce an absolute
> path so that it can be compared with //server/repo/repo.git with the code?
> If it does (with the leading double slash), then "doubled slahses fix" is
> a regression we should do something about it.  If it doesn't, then it
> probably doesn't matter.

Nah, I wasn't thinking straight.  What happens if you did this?

	git --git-dir=//git/repo/repo.git --work-tree=/git/repo

where "//git/repo" is on the "git server" and you are working in local
hierarchy "/git/repo"?