From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:54:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] real_path: make real_path thread-safe
Message-ID: <xmqqwpfatl8a.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1767f01a-4125-d99b-37db-3f4a56aaa28a@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> Am 07.12.2016 um 23:29 schrieb Brandon Williams:
>> Instead of assuming root is "/"
>> I'll need to extract what root is from an absolute path.  Aside from
>> what root looks like, do most other path constructs behave similarly in
>> unix and windows? (like ".." and "." as examples)
>
> Yes, .. and . work the same way, except that they cannot appear in the
> \\server\share part. I also think that .. does not cancel these parts.
>
> As long as you use is_absolute_path() and do not simplify path
> components before offset_1st_component(), you should be on the safe
> side.
>
>> Since I don't really have a windows machine to test things it might be
>> slightly difficult to get everything correct quickly but hopefully we can
>> get this working :)
>
> I'll lend a hand, of course, as time permits.

Thanks, as always, for working well together ;-).