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[PATCH 5/8] work-trees are allowed inside a git-dir

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 27, 2007, 18:57 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707271957250.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707271851370.14781@racer.site>
It is allowed to call
	$ git --git-dir=../ --work-tree=. bla

when you really want to. In this case, you are both in the git directory and in the working tree.

The earlier handling of this situation was seriously bogus. For regular working tree operations, it checked if inside git dir. That makes no sense, of course, since the check should be for a work tree, and nothing else.

Fix that.

Coincidently, you can omit the "--work-tree" now, if your repository knows about the location already.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin-ls-files.c |    8 +++++---
 git-sh-setup.sh    |    3 +--
 git.c              |   11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-ls-files.c b/builtin-ls-files.c
index 61577ea..d36181a 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-files.c
@@ -469,9 +469,11 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (require_work_tree &&
-			(!is_inside_work_tree() || is_inside_git_dir()))
-		die("This operation must be run in a work tree");
+	if (require_work_tree && !is_inside_work_tree()) {
+		const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+		if (!work_tree || chdir(work_tree))
+			die("This operation must be run in a work tree");
+	}
 
 	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i);
 
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index c51985e..7bef43f 100755
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ cd_to_toplevel () {
 }
 
 require_work_tree () {
-	test $(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree) = true &&
-	test $(git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir) = false ||
+	test $(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree) = true ||
 	die "fatal: $0 cannot be used without a working tree."
 }
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index a647f9c..2433355 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -272,9 +272,14 @@ static int run_command(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 		prefix = setup_git_directory();
 	if (p->option & USE_PAGER)
 		setup_pager();
-	if ((p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE) &&
-	    (!is_inside_work_tree() || is_inside_git_dir()))
-		die("%s must be run in a work tree", p->cmd);
+	if (p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE) {
+		const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+		const char *git_dir = get_git_dir();
+		if (!is_absolute_path(git_dir))
+			set_git_dir(make_absolute_path(git_dir));
+		if (!work_tree || chdir(work_tree))
+			die("%s must be run in a work tree", p->cmd);
+	}
 	trace_argv_printf(argv, argc, "trace: built-in: git");
 
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
-- 
1.5.3.rc3.18.g49a1
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 21 of 30 in “work-tree cleanups”
  1. 0/8 work-tree cleanupsJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  2. 1/8 Add is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()Johannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  5. 2/8 Add functions get_relative_cwd() and is_inside_dir()Johannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  8. 3/8 Clean up work-tree handlingJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2007
  20. 4/8 Add set_git_dir() functionJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  21. 5/8 work-trees are allowed inside a git-dirJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  23. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2007
  25. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007
  26. 6/8 init: use get_git_work_tree() instead of rolling our ownJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  27. 7/8 Make t1501 a little saner, and fix itJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  28. 8/8 Fix t1500 for sane work-tree behaviorJohannes Schindelin, Jul 27, 2007
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  30. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2007

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