Re: git rebase exec make -C in worktree confuses repo root dir

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Oct 14, 2024, 21:19 UTC
Message-ID: <Zw2K5xJAOGWitfXr@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAL2+Miudq0UXAb=R24v+ftZVkHy2We1CFsFAt__tCYMWtCfOow@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:46:45PM +0200, David Moberg wrote:

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> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
>
> 1. This command should return the worktree toplevel, not a subdirectory
>   $ git rev-parse --show-toplevel
>   /tmp/tmp.DUUAVQCIKe/repo2
>
> 2. And the git grep command should return the match from dir/Makefile,
> not Fatal Error
>   $ git grep banana
>   Makefile:       git grep "banana" -- "$$BANANA"

I am not sure if this is expected behavior or not, but it feels unintentional to me. Perhaps I am missing something funky in your example that is causing it to behave this way.

Does this bisect to anything interesting, or has it always behaved this way?

Thanks, Taylor