Re: [PATCH][OUTREACHY] bisect: allow `git bisect` to run from subdirectory

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 23, 2020, 08:37 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2010231036180.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzh4embt5.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> The relevance is this: _iff_ we want to prevent `git bisect` from
> >> running
> >> in a subdirectory under the premise that that subdirectory might need to
> >> be removed, then why don't we prevent `git rebase` from running in a
> >> subdirectory when that command is equally likely to remove that
> >> subdirectory?
> >
> > That's a good point, I'd completely missed the analogy with `rebase --exec`
>
> I concur.  Perhaps we should make rebase a bit more careful.

That might be a rabbit hole that's a little too deep. If we want to make rebase a bit more careful, we then also must make `git -C ..` more careful. And `git -C ../..`...

I am fairly certain that I don't want to go there.

Ciao, Dscho