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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add test for using Git at root of file system

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2010, 10:01 UTC
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2010/2/10 João Carlos Mendes Luís <jonny@jonny.eng.br>:
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> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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>> This kind of test requires a throw-away root filesystem so that it can
>> play on. If you have such a system, go ahead, "chmod 777 /" and run
>> this test manually ("make test" with root permission won't work).
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>
> I've seen you have a prepare-chroot.sh file in there.  Is it working or not?
>  I mean, did you create a chrooted environment to test, or there was any
> problem with that?

That means if you already have a chroot environment, use it. Or you can use prepare-chroot.sh to create a new chroot environment. Yes I used prepare-chroot.sh for my testing.

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Duy
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Message 10 of 12 in “make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash”
  1. 1/4 make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slashNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  2. 2/4 rev-parse: make --git-dir return /.git instead of //.gitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  5. 3/4 Support working directory located at rootNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  6. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  8. 4/4 Add test for using Git at root of file systemNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 9, 2010
  9. João Carlos Mendes LuísFeb 10, 2010
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010
  11. Johannes SixtFeb 9, 2010
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 11, 2010

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