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[PATCH 6/9] work-trees are allowed inside a git-dir

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 29, 2007, 23:25 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707300025250.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707300016470.14781@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.
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.rc3.28.g1406
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Message 7 of 30 in “work-tree clean ups”
  1. 0/9 work-tree clean upsJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  2. 1/9 Add is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()Johannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  3. 2/9 Add functions get_relative_cwd() and is_inside_dir()Johannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  4. 3/9 white space fixes in setup.cJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  5. 4/9 Clean up work-tree handlingJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  6. 5/9 Add set_git_dir() functionJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  7. 6/9 work-trees are allowed inside a git-dirJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  8. 7/9 init: use get_git_work_tree() instead of rolling our ownJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  9. 8/9 Fix t1501 for updated work-tree logicJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  10. 9/9 Fix t1500 for sane work-tree behaviorJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  11. Die if core.bare = true and core.worktree is setJohannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007
  13. 1/4 Add is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()Johannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  14. 2/4 Add functions get_relative_cwd() and is_inside_dir()Johannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007
  18. Make get_relative_cwd() not accept NULL for a directoryJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  20. get_relative_cwd(): clarify why it handles dir == NULLJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  21. 3/4 Add set_git_dir() functionJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  22. 4/4 Clean up work-tree handlingJohannes Schindelin, Aug 1, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  24. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  27. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2007
  29. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007
  30. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2007

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