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Re: lstat() call in rev-parse.c

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MLMatthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date
Apr 26, 2006, 15:28 UTC
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> So the rule is: if you don't give that "--", then we have to be able to 
> confirm that the filenames are really files. Not a misspelled revision 
> name, or a revision name that was correctly spelled, but for the wrong 
> project, because you were in the wrong subdirectory ;)

Shouldn't git rev-parse try to stat the file (additionally?) in the current directory instead of the top git directory? git (diff|log|..) seem to fail everytime in a subdirectory without --.

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Message 4 of 8 in “lstat() call in rev-parse.c”
  1. Paul MackerrasApr 23, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsApr 23, 2006
  3. Paul MackerrasApr 24, 2006
  4. Matthias LederhoferApr 26, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 26, 2006
  6. Fix filename verification when in a subdirectoryLinus Torvalds, Apr 26, 2006
  7. Timo HirvonenApr 26, 2006
  8. Linus TorvaldsApr 26, 2006

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