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Re: [PATCH] t990X: use '.git/objects' as 'deep inside .git' path

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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
May 27, 2018, 04:49 UTC
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On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 8:47 AM, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Tests t9902-completion.sh and t9903-bash-prompt.sh each have tests
> that check what happens when we are "in the '.git' directory" and
> when we are "deep inside the '.git' directory".
>
> To test the case when we are "deep inside the '.git' directory" the
> test scripts used to perform a `cd .git/refs/heads`.
>
> As there are plans to implement other ref storage systems, let's
> use '.git/objects' instead of '.git/refs/heads' as the "deep inside
> the '.git' directory" path.
Seems reasonable to me. +1.
Michael
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  1. t990X: use '.git/objects' as 'deep inside .git' pathChristian Couder, May 26, 2018
  2. Michael HaggertyMay 27, 2018
  3. Derrick StoleeMay 29, 2018

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