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Re: Feature request: use relative path in worktree config files

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 9, 2016, 11:37 UTC
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On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Stéphane Klein <contact@stephane-klein.info> wrote:

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> 2016-10-09 13:11 GMT+02:00 Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>:
>
>>> * [worktree_foobar]/.git
>> This is made absolute on purpose. So that if you move worktree_foobar
>> away manually, it can still point back to
>> "[main_worktree]/.git/worktrees/[woktree_foobar]".
>
> Same problem if you move origin git repository.

We could fix up after moving the origin repository (because "gitdir" file so far uses absolute paths, so we know where all the worktrees are). But we have not done that.

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>>> Why:
>>>
>>> 1. I configure worktree on my host
>>> 2. next I use this git working copy in Docker with volume share
>>> 3. next I've some git error in Docker because config files use absolute path
>>
>> I think the common way of dealing with this in docker is put things in
>> the same path where it actually is outside docker. If you have stuff
>> at /path/to/foo, then you create the same /path/to/foo inside docker
>> and bind the data to that path. Does that work?
>
> It's not always possible. I can't in my project.
>
> I think there are some pros and some cons for relative path and absolute path.
> Maybe append a "--relative" option with `git worktree add` ?
>
> I've converted all path to relative and all work with success.
>
> What do you think to append this --relative option.
Patches are welcome.
-- 
Duy
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