[PATCH 0/5 v2] Worktree/Gitdir at root directory

[PATCH 0/5 v2] Worktree/Gitdir at root directory

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

So here we go again. Changes are:

 - Support DOS drives as root path (Thanks Hannes)
 - Fix one "broken" test that I was too lazy to do last time
 - t1509-root-worktree.sh will refuse to run under root permission

I did not test it on Windows, so an Ack from someone who actually tests it on Windows
is really appreciated.

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy (5):
  make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash
  init-db, rev-parse --git-dir: do not append redundant slash
  Add is_root_path()
  Support working directory located at root
  Add test for using Git at root directory

 abspath.c                 |    5 +-
 builtin-init-db.c         |    9 +-
 builtin-rev-parse.c       |    4 +-
 git-compat-util.h         |   11 ++
 setup.c                   |   13 ++-
 t/t1509-root-worktree.sh  |  249 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t1509/excludes          |   14 +++
 t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh |   38 +++++++
 8 files changed, 332 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t1509-root-worktree.sh
 create mode 100644 t/t1509/excludes
 create mode 100755 t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh

[PATCH 1/5] make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

When concatenating two paths, if the first one already have '/', do
not put another '/' in between the two paths.

Usually this is not the case as getcwd() won't return '/foo/bar/',
except when you are standing at root, then it will return '/'.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 abspath.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index b88122c..c91a29c 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 			if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
 				die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
 						buf, last_elem);
-			buf[len] = '/';
-			strcpy(buf + len + 1, last_elem);
+			if (len && buf[len-1] != '/')
+				buf[len++] = '/';
+			strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
 			free(last_elem);
 			last_elem = NULL;
 		}
-- 
1.7.0.rc2.182.g3adef

[PATCH 2/5] init-db, rev-parse --git-dir: do not append redundant slash

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

If git_dir already has the trailing slash, don't put another one
before .git. This only happens when git_dir is '/' or 'C:/'

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-init-db.c   |    9 ++++++---
 builtin-rev-parse.c |    4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index dd84cae..aae7a4d 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -331,11 +331,14 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 		git_config_set("receive.denyNonFastforwards", "true");
 	}
 
-	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET))
-		printf("%s%s Git repository in %s/\n",
+	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET)) {
+		const char *git_dir = get_git_dir();
+		int len = strlen(git_dir);
+		printf("%s%s Git repository in %s%s\n",
 		       reinit ? "Reinitialized existing" : "Initialized empty",
 		       shared_repository ? " shared" : "",
-		       get_git_dir());
+		       git_dir, len && git_dir[len-1] != '/' ? "/" : "");
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index a8c5043..88bad9a 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--git-dir")) {
 				const char *gitdir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
 				static char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+				int len;
 				if (gitdir) {
 					puts(gitdir);
 					continue;
@@ -647,7 +648,8 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				}
 				if (!getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX))
 					die_errno("unable to get current working directory");
-				printf("%s/.git\n", cwd);
+				len = strlen(cwd);
+				printf("%s%s.git\n", cwd, len && cwd[len-1] != '/' ? "/" : "");
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--is-inside-git-dir")) {
-- 
1.7.0.rc2.182.g3adef

[PATCH 3/5] Add is_root_path()

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

This function returns the length of the root part of a path, or zero if
there is no root.

"The root part" is the leading slash on Linux/Unix, or 'C:/' on Windows.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 ... and can be extended to recognize "//machine/share/" as a root part?

 git-compat-util.h |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index a3c4537..4d0398d 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
 	return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
 }
 
+/* path must be canonical */
+static inline int is_root_path(const char *path)
+{
+	int len = 0;
+	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(path))
+		len += 2;
+	if (is_dir_sep(path[len]))
+		len++;
+	return len;
+}
+
 #if defined(NO_MMAP) || defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP)
 
 #ifndef PROT_READ
-- 
1.7.0.rc2.182.g3adef

Re: [PATCH 3/5] Add is_root_path()

[Johannes Sixt]

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy schrieb:
> This function returns the length of the root part of a path, or zero if
> there is no root.

That is, the function primarily doesn't act as a predicate, and in fact 
you never use it as such.

I just noticed that this function is identical to offset_1st_component() 
in sha1_file.c.

> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
>  	return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
>  }
>  
> +/* path must be canonical */
> +static inline int is_root_path(const char *path)
> +{
> +	int len = 0;
> +	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(path))
> +		len += 2;
> +	if (is_dir_sep(path[len]))
> +		len++;
> +	return len;
> +}
> +
>  #if defined(NO_MMAP) || defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP)

This is not a good location for this function because on Windows we get 
warnings about implicitly defined function isalpha() (which is hidden in 
the macro has_dos_drive_prefix).

I suggest to move offset_1st_component() to path.c, which would not be 
inlined anymore.

-- Hannes

[PATCH 4/5] Support working directory located at root

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

Git should work regardless where the working directory is located,
even at root. This patch fixes two places where it assumes working
directory always have parent directory.

In setup_git_directory_gently(), when Git goes up to root and finds
.git there, it happily sets worktree to "" instead of "/".

In prefix_path(), loosen the outside repo check a little bit. Usually
when a path XXX is inside worktree /foo, it must be either "/foo", or
"/foo/...". When worktree is simply "/", we can safely ignore the
check: we have a slash at the beginning already.

Not related to worktree, but also set gitdir correctly if a bare repo
is placed (insanely?) at root.

Thanks João Carlos Mendes Luís for pointing out this problem.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 setup.c |   13 ++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index b38cbee..cdad176 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 	if (normalize_path_copy(sanitized, sanitized))
 		goto error_out;
 	if (is_absolute_path(orig)) {
-		size_t len, total;
+		size_t root_len, len, total;
 		const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
 		if (!work_tree)
 			goto error_out;
 		len = strlen(work_tree);
+		root_len = is_root_path(work_tree);
 		total = strlen(sanitized) + 1;
 		if (strncmp(sanitized, work_tree, len) ||
-		    (sanitized[len] != '\0' && sanitized[len] != '/')) {
+		    (len > root_len && sanitized[len] != '\0' && sanitized[len] != '/')) {
 		error_out:
 			die("'%s' is outside repository", orig);
 		}
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 	static char cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
 	const char *gitdirenv;
 	const char *gitfile_dir;
-	int len, offset, ceil_offset;
+	int len, offset, ceil_offset, root_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * Let's assume that we are in a git repository.
@@ -403,7 +404,8 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 			if (!work_tree_env)
 				inside_work_tree = 0;
 			if (offset != len) {
-				cwd[offset] = '\0';
+				root_len = is_root_path(cwd);
+				cwd[offset > root_len ? offset : root_len] = '\0';
 				set_git_dir(cwd);
 			} else
 				set_git_dir(".");
@@ -427,7 +429,8 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 	inside_git_dir = 0;
 	if (!work_tree_env)
 		inside_work_tree = 1;
-	git_work_tree_cfg = xstrndup(cwd, offset);
+	root_len = is_root_path(cwd);
+	git_work_tree_cfg = xstrndup(cwd, offset > root_len ? offset : root_len);
 	if (check_repository_format_gently(nongit_ok))
 		return NULL;
 	if (offset == len)
-- 
1.7.0.rc2.182.g3adef

[PATCH 5/5] Add test for using Git at root directory

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy]

This kind of test requires a throw-away root filesystem so that it can
play on. If you have such a system, go ahead, "chmod 777 /" and run
this test manually. Because this is a dangerous test, you are required
to set an env variable, and not to use root to run it.

Script prepare-root.sh may help you set up a chroot environment with
Git test suite inside. You will need Linux, static linked busybox,
rsync and root permission to use it.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 t/t1509-root-worktree.sh  |  249 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t1509/excludes          |   14 +++
 t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh |   38 +++++++
 3 files changed, 301 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t1509-root-worktree.sh
 create mode 100644 t/t1509/excludes
 create mode 100755 t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh

diff --git a/t/t1509-root-worktree.sh b/t/t1509-root-worktree.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5322a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1509-root-worktree.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Test Git when git repository is located at root
+
+This test requires write access in root. Do not bother if you do not
+have a throwaway chroot or VM.
+
+Script t1509/prepare-chroot.sh may help you setup chroot, then you
+can chroot in and execute this test from there.
+'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_cmp_val() {
+	echo "$1" > expected
+	echo "$2" > result
+	test_cmp expected result
+}
+
+test_vars() {
+	test_expect_success "$1: gitdir" '
+		test_cmp_val "'"$2"'" "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)"
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$1: worktree" '
+		test_cmp_val "'"$3"'" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$1: prefix" '
+		test_cmp_val "'"$4"'" "$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)"
+	'
+}
+
+test_foobar_root() {
+	test_expect_success 'add relative' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add foo/foome &&
+		git add foo/bar/barme &&
+		git add me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'add absolute' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add /foo/foome &&
+		git add /foo/bar/barme &&
+		git add /me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+
+}
+
+test_foobar_foo() {
+	test_expect_success 'add relative' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add foome &&
+		git add bar/barme &&
+		git add ../me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'add absolute' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add /foo/foome &&
+		git add /foo/bar/barme &&
+		git add /me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+}
+
+test_foobar_foobar() {
+	test_expect_success 'add relative' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add ../foome &&
+		git add barme &&
+		git add ../../me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'add absolute' '
+		test -z "$(cd / && git ls-files)" &&
+		git add /foo/foome &&
+		git add /foo/bar/barme &&
+		git add /me &&
+		( cd / && git ls-files --stage ) > result &&
+		test_cmp /ls.expected result &&
+		rm "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/index"
+	'
+}
+
+if ! test_have_prereq POSIXPERM || ! [ -w / ]; then
+	say "Dangerous test skipped. Read this test if you want to execute it"
+	test_done
+fi
+
+if [ "$IKNOWWHATIAMDOING" != "YES" ]; then
+	say "You must set env var IKNOWWHATIAMDOING=YES in order to run this test"
+	test_done
+fi
+
+if [ "$UID" = 0 ]; then
+	say "No you can't run this with root"
+	test_done
+fi
+
+ONE_SHA1=d00491fd7e5bb6fa28c517a0bb32b8b506539d4d
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	rm -rf /foo
+	mkdir /foo &&
+	mkdir /foo/bar &&
+	echo 1 > /foo/foome &&
+	echo 1 > /foo/bar/barme &&
+	echo 1 > /me
+'
+
+say "GIT_DIR absolute, GIT_WORK_TREE set"
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /' 'cd /'
+
+cat >ls.expected <<EOF
+100644 $ONE_SHA1 0	foo/bar/barme
+100644 $ONE_SHA1 0	foo/foome
+100644 $ONE_SHA1 0	me
+EOF
+
+export GIT_DIR="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
+
+test_vars 'abs gitdir, root' "$GIT_DIR" "/" ""
+test_foobar_root
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo' 'cd /foo'
+
+test_vars 'abs gitdir, foo' "$GIT_DIR" "/" "foo/"
+test_foobar_foo
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo/bar' 'cd /foo/bar'
+
+test_vars 'abs gitdir, foo/bar' "$GIT_DIR" "/" "foo/bar/"
+test_foobar_foobar
+
+say "GIT_DIR relative, GIT_WORK_TREE set"
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /' 'cd /'
+
+export GIT_DIR="$(echo $TRASH_DIRECTORY|sed 's,^/,,')/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, root' "$GIT_DIR" "/" ""
+test_foobar_root
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo' 'cd /foo'
+
+export GIT_DIR="../$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, foo' "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" "/" "foo/"
+test_foobar_foo
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo/bar' 'cd /foo/bar'
+
+export GIT_DIR="../../$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, foo/bar' "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" "/" "foo/bar/"
+test_foobar_foobar
+
+say "GIT_DIR relative, GIT_WORK_TREE relative"
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /' 'cd /'
+
+export GIT_DIR="$(echo $TRASH_DIRECTORY|sed 's,^/,,')/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=.
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, root' "$GIT_DIR" "/" ""
+test_foobar_root
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /' 'cd /foo'
+
+export GIT_DIR="../$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=..
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, foo' "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" "/" "foo/"
+test_foobar_foo
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo/bar' 'cd /foo/bar'
+
+export GIT_DIR="../../$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git"
+export GIT_WORK_TREE=../..
+
+test_vars 'rel gitdir, foo/bar' "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" "/" "foo/bar/"
+test_foobar_foobar
+
+say ".git at root"
+
+unset GIT_DIR
+unset GIT_WORK_TREE
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /' 'cd /'
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	rm -rf /.git
+	echo "Initialized empty Git repository in /.git/" > expected &&
+	git init > result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+test_vars 'auto gitdir, root' ".git" "/" ""
+test_foobar_root
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo' 'cd /foo'
+test_vars 'auto gitdir, foo' "/.git" "/" "foo/"
+test_foobar_foo
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo/bar' 'cd /foo/bar'
+test_vars 'auto gitdir, foo/bar' "/.git" "/" "foo/bar/"
+test_foobar_foobar
+
+test_expect_success 'cleanup' 'rm -rf /.git'
+
+say "auto bare gitdir"
+
+# DESTROYYYYY!!!!!
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	rm -rf /refs /objects /info /hooks
+	rm /*
+	cd / &&
+	echo "Initialized empty Git repository in /" > expected &&
+	git init --bare > result &&
+	test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+test_vars 'auto gitdir, root' "." "" ""
+
+test_expect_success 'go to /foo' 'cd /foo'
+
+test_vars 'auto gitdir, root' "/" "" ""
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t1509/excludes b/t/t1509/excludes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4d21d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1509/excludes
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+*.o
+*~
+*.bak
+*.c
+*.h
+.git
+contrib
+Documentation
+git-gui
+gitk-git
+gitweb
+t/t4013
+t/t5100
+t/t5515
diff --git a/t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh b/t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..407f2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1509/prepare-chroot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+die() {
+	echo >&2 "$@"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+xmkdir() {
+	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+		[ -d "$1" ] || mkdir "$1" || die "Unable to mkdir $1"
+		shift
+	done
+}
+
+R="$1"
+
+[ -n "$R" ] || die "Usage: prepare-chroot.sh <root>"
+[ -x git ] || die "This script needs to be executed at git source code's top directory"
+[ -x /bin/busybox ] || die "You need busybox"
+
+xmkdir "$R" "$R/bin" "$R/etc" "$R/lib" "$R/dev"
+[ -c "$R/dev/null" ] || die "/dev/null is missing. Do mknod $R/dev/null c 1 3 && chmod 666 $R/dev/null"
+echo "root:x:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" > "$R/etc/passwd"
+echo "$(id -nu):x:$(id -u):$(id -g)::$(pwd)/t:/bin/sh" >> "$R/etc/passwd"
+echo "root::0:root" > "$R/etc/group"
+echo "$(id -ng)::$(id -g):$(id -nu)" >> "$R/etc/group"
+
+[ -x "$R/bin/busybox" ] || cp /bin/busybox "$R/bin/busybox"
+[ -x "$R/bin/sh" ] || ln -s /bin/busybox "$R/bin/sh"
+[ -x "$R/bin/su" ] || ln -s /bin/busybox "$R/bin/su"
+
+mkdir -p "$R$(pwd)"
+rsync --exclude-from t/t1509/excludes -Ha . "$R$(pwd)"
+ldd git | grep '=> /' | sed 's,.* => *\([^ ]*\) .*,\1,' | while read i; do
+	mkdir -p "$R$(dirname $i)"
+	cp "$i" "$R/$i"
+done
+echo "Execute this in root: 'chroot $R /bin/su - $(id -nu)'"
-- 
1.7.0.rc2.182.g3adef

Re: [PATCH 0/5 v2] Worktree/Gitdir at root directory

[Johannes Sixt]

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy schrieb:
> So here we go again. Changes are:
> 
>  - Support DOS drives as root path (Thanks Hannes)
>  - Fix one "broken" test that I was too lazy to do last time
>  - t1509-root-worktree.sh will refuse to run under root permission
> 
> I did not test it on Windows, so an Ack from someone who actually tests it on Windows
> is really appreciated.

I don't see any regressions in may tests on Windows, but I actually don't 
know what to test (the chroot test doesn't work on Windows). I did test on 
the root of a partition

    T:\> git init
    T:\> cd foo
    T:\foo> git add bar

and it works as expected.

You should address my comments to 3/5, please.

-- Hannes

Re: [PATCH 0/5 v2] Worktree/Gitdir at root directory

[João Carlos Mendes Luís]

Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy schrieb:
>> So here we go again. Changes are:
>>
>>  - Support DOS drives as root path (Thanks Hannes)
>>  - Fix one "broken" test that I was too lazy to do last time
>>  - t1509-root-worktree.sh will refuse to run under root permission
>>
>> I did not test it on Windows, so an Ack from someone who actually 
>> tests it on Windows
>> is really appreciated.
>
> I don't see any regressions in may tests on Windows, but I actually 
> don't know what to test (the chroot test doesn't work on Windows). I 
> did test on the root of a partition
>
>    T:\> git init
>    T:\> cd foo
>    T:\foo> git add bar
>
> and it works as expected.

Beware: My first proposed patch "worked" at this level, but failed 
completely when I wanted to commit.   Try more operations just to be sure.

The auto test routines include a ram-disk creation, for windows case, 
but I'm not sure how portable this would be.

Re: [PATCH 0/5 v2] Worktree/Gitdir at root directory

[Johannes Sixt]

João Carlos Mendes Luís schrieb:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> I don't see any regressions in may tests on Windows, but I actually 
>> don't know what to test (the chroot test doesn't work on Windows). I 
>> did test on the root of a partition
>>
>>    T:\> git init
>>    T:\> cd foo
>>    T:\foo> git add bar
>>
>> and it works as expected.
> 
> Beware: My first proposed patch "worked" at this level, but failed 
> completely when I wanted to commit.   Try more operations just to be sure.

I tried commit, fetch, checkout, and they work as expected.

-- Hannes