From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:38:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] worktree: avoid dead-code in conditional
Message-ID: <xmqqbll8569x.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRdRyWAjU7QADPt39rDgJ4njDtN_pwo8JMVD=YX09a-Vg@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> Callers of get_git_common_dir() aren't forced to care. But after
> applying strbuf_add_absolute_path() we are forced to care. This is the
> result of get_git_common_dir() for the three cases:
>
>     .     (within bare repo)
>     .git  (within any worktree)
>     .     (within .git)
>
> After applying strbuf_add_absolute_path(), we get:
>
>     /whatever/proj.git/.   (within bare proj)
>     /whatever/proj/.git    (within any worktree)
>     /whatever/proj/.git/.  (within .git)

OK, but the point still stands.  

Shouldn't strbuf_add_absolute_path() be what we want to normalize?

> Your puzzlement may arise from the misunderstanding regarding
> get_git_common_dir() vs. strbuf_add_absolute_path()?

Yes, exactly.

Thanks.