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Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 16, 2009, 16:29 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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>   I'm not sure about setting an absolut path instead of a relative one 
>   (hence the RFC), although I think it should not make any difference. 
>   Of course I could have count the number of chdir("..") calls and then 
>   construct a "../../..", but that would have been more intrusive than 
>   this two-liner.
IIRC the absolute paths were shot down already... for performance reasons.
So we try very hard to keep relative paths instead of absolute ones.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdirSZEDER Gábor, Jan 16, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtJan 16, 2009
  4. Johannes SixtJan 16, 2009
  5. SZEDER GáborJan 16, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  9. SZEDER GáborJan 19, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2009
  11. Johannes SixtJan 19, 2009
  12. t1500: extend with tests of 'git rev-parse --git-dir'SZEDER Gábor, Jan 19, 2009

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