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Re: [PATCH v4] git-new-workdir: Don't fail if the target directory is empty

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 26, 2014, 23:16 UTC
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Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net> writes:
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> This is what happens for a file:
>
> $ rm -f foo
>
> $ touch foo
>
> $ ./src/git/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir src/git foo master
> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘foo’: Not a directory
> unable to create new workdir "foo"!
;-)  That comes from mkdir || fail which is indeed sufficient.
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