# [bug] git-rev-parse sometimes appends subdirectories to result 2 messages from 2020-02-03 to 2020-02-03. Participants: masukomi. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/52744 ## masukomi, 2020-02-03 20:14 Subject: [bug] git-rev-parse sometimes appends subdirectories to result Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAG4-5WdTkFyCa_MqiRchR9GZgC_NEWdgobPfRfxYhTVqzVCCQw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Expected behavior No matter what subdirectory of my repo I am in git rev-parse --show-toplevel will always return the same result Actual behavior Depending on what subdirectories you are in it will sometimes (not always) start appending those subdirectories to the path. Reproduction My git repo root is at /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments If i run git rev-parse --show-toplevel within that directory it returns the correct (identical) path. If i run it within /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src it returns the correct path (without the /src) If I run it within /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests it suddenly starts returning /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests Notes Git 2.25.0 macOS 10.15.3 installed via homebrew. no submodules present. - Kay Rhodes https://masukomi.org ``` ## masukomi, 2020-02-03 20:45 Subject: Re: [bug] git-rev-parse sometimes appends subdirectories to result Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAG4-5Weaby9OZ%2BORMmHiukeG39vAber7PibUWPKKo0mnQ3nEgQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Nevermind. False alarm. There's a .git directory in the subdirectory src/tests I _thought_ i had checked for that, but I dunno... apparently i didn't check well. It is working as expected. - Kay Rhodes https://masukomi.org On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:14 PM masukomi wrote: > > Expected behavior > > No matter what subdirectory of my repo I am in git rev-parse > --show-toplevel will always return the same result > > Actual behavior > > Depending on what subdirectories you are in it will sometimes (not > always) start appending those subdirectories to the path. > > Reproduction > > My git repo root is at > > /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments > > If i run git rev-parse --show-toplevel within that directory it > returns the correct (identical) path. > If i run it within /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src it > returns the correct path (without the /src) > If I run it within > /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests it suddenly > starts returning > > /Users/masukomi/workspace/private_comments/src/tests > > Notes > > Git 2.25.0 > macOS 10.15.3 > installed via homebrew. > no submodules present. > > > > - Kay Rhodes > https://masukomi.org ```