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Re: bug with .git file and aliases

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 11, 2009, 08:33 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0908111030240.4638@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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Hi,
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Geoffrey Irving wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Johannes
> Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > The proper fix, of course, is to avoid calling the function with the 
> > wrong path to begin with.
> 
> I'm happy that the correct fix is obvious, and apologize for missing it.

No, no, I said that it is obvious what should be fixed (you do not want to break perfectly valid workflows such as having a worktree set in the config, but overriding it via git's --work-tree option). The fix is not obvious, unfortunately.

See also http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/102269 for some discussion on the same topic.

Ciao, Dscho

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  3. Geoffrey IrvingJul 20, 2009
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  5. Geoffrey IrvingJul 20, 2009
  6. Jeff KingJul 20, 2009
  7. Geoffrey IrvingAug 10, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 10, 2009
  9. Geoffrey IrvingAug 11, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
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  12. Johannes SixtAug 11, 2009
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