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From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>,
	git@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle double slashes in make_relative_path()
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:00:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201001232000.28896.j6t@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201001231448.42721.robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

On Samstag, 23. Januar 2010, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> lördagen den 23 januari 2010 14.09.29 skrev  Johannes Sixt:
> > The function returns either the input unmodified, or it strips also at
> >  least one directory component, except when base is only "/" (or "//" or
> >  "///"...). I said in practice, because on Windows it does not make sense
> >  to invoke git with (literally)
> >
> >    git --git-dir=//server/share/repo.git --work-tree=/ ...
> >
> > i.e., without a drive prefix before the slash of --work-tree.
>
> Why not? //foo/bar/z is just as valid and useful a path as x:/z.

Fortunately, make_relative_path() does not have the slightest problem 
with //foo/bar/z, either as value of abs (the path to make relative) or as 
base (the path to strip from abs).

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-23 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-22  0:07 [PATCH] Handle double slashes in make_relative_path() Thomas Rast
2010-01-22  1:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-22  3:05   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-22  8:36     ` Johannes Sixt
2010-01-23 11:40       ` Robin Rosenberg
2010-01-23 13:09         ` Johannes Sixt
2010-01-23 13:48           ` Robin Rosenberg
2010-01-23 19:00             ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2010-01-23 20:04           ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-23 20:14             ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-23 20:41               ` Johannes Sixt
2010-01-23 21:01                 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-24 13:57                   ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-24 19:04                     ` Bernhard R. Link
2010-01-24 20:05                       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-24 16:44                 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-01-24 18:31                   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-25  1:06                     ` Robin Rosenberg
2010-01-22 21:11   ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-22 23:35     ` Junio C Hamano

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