# FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory 2 messages from 2017-04-18 to 2017-04-18. Participants: Bonk, Gregory, Kevin Daudt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45728 ## Bonk, Gregory, 2017-04-18 12:48 Subject: FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/DM5PR04MB061992BA437ACAD18A5F44DBC7190%40DM5PR04MB0619.namprd04.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: ``` I accidently typed 'cd //'  and it worked. gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 /c/git/mtb-messagehub-information-radiator (master) $ cd // gbonk@ICC11167 MINGW64 // $ cd .. ``` ## Kevin Daudt, 2017-04-18 16:53 Subject: Re: FW: Issue in gitbash changing directory Message-ID: <20170418165330.GB24697@alpha.ikke.info> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170418165330.GB24697%40alpha.ikke.info In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:48:09PM +0000, Bonk, Gregory wrote: > > 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]: > 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 ```