Re: [PATCH] t0060: loosen overly strict expectations

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 15, 2016, 06:34 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1601150730440.2964@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <5698415E.7070907@ramsayjones.plus.com>

Hi Ramsay,

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Ramsay Jones wrote:

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> On 14/01/16 22:14, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > Am 14.01.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Ramsay Jones:
> >> Correct me if I'm wrong (quite possible), but _each_ drive has a
> >> current working directory associated with it in win32, so it's a bit
> >> difficult to use drive designators with a relative path (eg.
> >> C:usr/lib).
> > 
> > As far as it matters for Git, such a path is still an absolute path,
> > because it is not anchored at $(pwd).
> 
> [...] seems to contradict what you say above.
> 
> What am I missing?

The missing bit is: while C:usr/lib is *not* anchored on $(pwd), it is *still* not an absolute path because it is anchored on the current directory of the C: drive (the entire idea that some drive state can change the meaning of "C:usr/lib" makes it a non-absolute one).

Since this concept -- a path that is neither relative to $(pwd) nor absolute -- does not exist on Linux, I do not think that Git for Windows handles this case well at all.

Ciao, Dscho