From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 15:14:36 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Support ent:relative_path Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vwszmfod8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Sat, 5 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin writes: > > >> (a) In a bare repository, I believe > >> setup.c:setup_git_directory_gently() determines the prefix to be > >> NULL. This means my patch will see ALL paths as absolute, except > >> :../path which will result in an error. > > > > My point was that it feels inconsistent to take the current path into > > account in one case, but not in the other. > > I do not understand your reasoning. In a bare repository you cannot > even be in a subdirectory to begin with. Exactly! That is my point. If you can do it in a working directory, but also with a bare repository, I find it highly confusing and inconsistent to have different meaning. Ciao, Dscho