I accidently typed 'cd //' and it worked.
gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 /c/git/mtb-messagehub-information-radiator (master) $ cd //
gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 // $ cd ..
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FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory
Subject: FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory
Kevin DaudtRe: FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:48:09PM +0000, Bonk, Gregory wrote:
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> > I accidently typed 'cd //' and it worked. > > gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 /c/git/mtb-messagehub-information-radiator (master) > $ cd // > > gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 // > $ cd ..
This has very little to do with git, but more with bash (the shell that is interpretting the command. From a bash FAQ [1]:
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> E10) Why does `cd //' leave $PWD as `//'? > > POSIX.2, in its description of `cd', says that *three* or more leading > slashes may be replaced with a single slash when canonicalizing the > current working directory. > > This is, I presume, for historical compatibility. Certain versions of > Unix, and early network file systems, used paths of the form > //hostname/path to access `path' on server `hostname'.
So this is kind of intentional.
[1]: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ