Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] safe.directory: normalize the configured path

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2024, 16:11 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbk2ljvty.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <5332f244-7476-492a-a797-2ef7ba73f490@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> I think this is sensible if the key is an absolute path, if the key is
> a relative path I think we should ignore it as it is not clear which
> directory the user meant.

The only thing that worries me in that proposal is that doing so would break a configuration that used to work. I'd rather leave the tightening of it to future work with its own justification.

Thanks.

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