Re: [PATCH] rev-parse: Fix shell scripts whose cwd is a symlink into a git work-dir

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 22, 2008, 21:54 UTC
Message-ID: <m31vx3l94x.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <1227389614-10946-1-git-send-email-marcel@oak.homeunix.org>

"Marcel M. Cary" <marcel@oak.homeunix.org> writes:

> * Change "git rev-parse --show-cdup" to print a full path instead of
>   a series of "../" when it prints anything

But that is contrary to the _name_ of option. It is --show-cdup, as in "show cd up". And I think your change will break a few scripts.

I think you should use "git rev-parse --work-tree" for full path to working directory:

    --show-cdup
        When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the path
        of the top-level directory relative to the current directory
        (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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