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Re: [PATCH] Handle double slashes in make_relative_path()

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 23, 2010, 21:01 UTC
Message-ID
<fabb9a1e1001231301o149bb13es236a7150f57ce161@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<201001232141.49556.j6t@kdbg.org>
Heya,
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 21:41, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
> OTOH, it can be worked around easily by the user (just insert the drive
> prefix). Dunno...

I think it's preferable to keep the old behavior where we fail if the user gives us an invalid argument, rather than fix a user error and break on a a valid argument instead. I think we should be correct first, and try and fix incorrect user behavior after.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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  1. Handle double slashes in make_relative_path()Thomas Rast, Jan 22, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2010
  4. Johannes SixtJan 22, 2010
  5. Robin RosenbergJan 23, 2010
  6. Johannes SixtJan 23, 2010
  7. Robin RosenbergJan 23, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtJan 23, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2010
  11. Johannes SixtJan 23, 2010
  12. Sverre RabbelierJan 23, 2010
  13. Thomas RastJan 24, 2010
  14. Bernhard R. LinkJan 24, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2010
  16. Johannes SixtJan 24, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2010
  18. Robin RosenbergJan 25, 2010
  19. Thomas RastJan 22, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2010

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