Re: [bug] git-rev-parse sometimes appends subdirectories to result

From: masukomi <masukomi@masukomi.org>
Date: Feb 3, 2020, 20:45 UTC
Message-ID: <CAG4-5Weaby9OZ+ORMmHiukeG39vAber7PibUWPKKo0mnQ3nEgQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAG4-5WdTkFyCa_MqiRchR9GZgC_NEWdgobPfRfxYhTVqzVCCQw@mail.gmail.com>

Nevermind. False alarm.

There's a .git directory in the subdirectory src/tests

I _thought_ i had checked for that, but I dunno... apparently i didn't check well.

It is working as expected.

- Kay Rhodes
https://masukomi.org

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:14 PM masukomi <masukomi@masukomi.org> wrote:

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> Expected behavior
>
> No matter what subdirectory of my repo I am in git rev-parse
> --show-toplevel will always return the same result
>
> Actual behavior
>
> Depending on what subdirectories you are in it will sometimes (not
> always) start appending those subdirectories to the path.
>
> Reproduction
>
> My git repo root is at
>
> /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments
>
> If i run git rev-parse --show-toplevel within that directory it
> returns the correct (identical) path.
> If i run it within /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src it
> returns the correct path (without the /src)
> If I run it within
> /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests it suddenly
> starts returning
>
> /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests
>
> Notes
>
> Git 2.25.0
> macOS 10.15.3
> installed via homebrew.
> no submodules present.
>
>
>
> - Kay Rhodes
> https://masukomi.org