# [PATCH] sha1-file.c: Correct $GITDIR to $GIT_DIR

2 messages from 2018-06-03 to 2018-06-03. Participants: Robert P. J. Day, SZEDER Gábor.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/48635

## Robert P. J. Day, 2018-06-03 12:22

Subject: [PATCH] sha1-file.c: Correct $GITDIR to $GIT_DIR
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1806030820180.14575@localhost.localdomain>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.21.1806030820180.14575%40localhost.localdomain

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Fix single misspelling of $GITDIR to correct $GIT_DIR.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

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only occurrence in entire code base that i ran across, so i figured
might as well fix it.

diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c
index 555e780f4..695e5c627 100644
--- a/sha1-file.c
+++ b/sha1-file.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void add_to_alternates_memory(const char *reference)
 /*
  * Compute the exact path an alternate is at and returns it. In case of
  * error NULL is returned and the human readable error is added to `err`
- * `path` may be relative and should point to $GITDIR.
+ * `path` may be relative and should point to $GIT_DIR.
  * `err` must not be null.
  */
 char *compute_alternate_path(const char *path, struct strbuf *err)


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## SZEDER Gábor, 2018-06-03 14:29

Subject: Re: [PATCH] sha1-file.c: Correct $GITDIR to $GIT_DIR
Message-ID: <20180603142910.6211-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20180603142910.6211-1-szeder.dev%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1806030820180.14575@localhost.localdomain>

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Could you please add "in a comment" to the end of the subject line?
So it will be immediately clear to future readers of 'git log
--oneline' that this is not a bugfix.

> Fix single misspelling of $GITDIR to correct $GIT_DIR.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> 
> ---
> 
> only occurrence in entire code base that i ran across, so i figured
> might as well fix it.
> 
> diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c
> index 555e780f4..695e5c627 100644
> --- a/sha1-file.c
> +++ b/sha1-file.c
> @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void add_to_alternates_memory(const char *reference)
>  /*
>   * Compute the exact path an alternate is at and returns it. In case of
>   * error NULL is returned and the human readable error is added to `err`
> - * `path` may be relative and should point to $GITDIR.
> + * `path` may be relative and should point to $GIT_DIR.
>   * `err` must not be null.
>   */
>  char *compute_alternate_path(const char *path, struct strbuf *err)

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