From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:56:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] completion: Prevents GIT_PS1_DIRTYSTATE from breaking when CWD is .git Message-ID: <7vprhogbfa.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1234366634-17900-4-git-send-email-ted@tedpavlic.com> Ted Pavlic writes: > The GIT_PS1_DIRTYSTATE support uses a "git diff" to see if a "*" should > be placed after the branch name. The "git diff" fails with an ugly error > if the user has just changed directory into GIT_DIR. > > This patch uses "git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree" to determine > whether a "--work-tree=.." should be added to the "git diff". Why ".."? What prevents you from "cd .git/refs/heads"? Your "is-inside-work-tree" might be a good change, but if you were to spend a letter to notify the users, "Warning: You are inside GIT_DIR! This is something unusual, proceed with caution." is a lot more important notice to give them than "You seem to have unstaged changes" notice. You have at least three possible states: * You are not in git repository at all; * You are somewhere in $GIT_DIR, perhaps in a bare repository, perhaps a repository with a work tree. * You are inside a work tree. The first should be quiet, the second should say "Proceed with caution, any 'rm -f file' or 'edit file' you do here should be to recover from unusual repository corruptoin only; you are welcome to look but don't touch.", and the last one is Ok to say "You have unstaged changes."