Re: [msysGit] Re: [PATCH 0/2] submodules: Use relative paths to gitdir and work tree

[Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>]

Am 28.02.2012 19:58, schrieb Johannes Sixt:
> Am 27.02.2012 22:19, schrieb Johannes Sixt:
>> Am 26.02.2012 20:58, schrieb Jens Lehmann:
>>> -       gitdir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)
>>> +       gitdir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir | sed -e 's,^\([a-z]\):/,/\1/,')
>>
>> I don't like pipelines of this kind because they fork yet another
>> process. But it looks like there are not that many alternatives...
> 
> With the following patch on top of your always-use-relative-gitdir branch
> from https://github.com/jlehmann/git-submod-enhancements the tests pass
> on Windows.
> 
> Thanks, Dscho, for pointing out the obvious.

Thanks for helping to test and fix that on the Windows side. Do you want
to post a commit based on the the interdiff below so I can apply it on
top of my branch? Then I would make this a four patch series in the next
round.

> diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
> index e1984e0..953ca5e 100755
> --- a/git-submodule.sh
> +++ b/git-submodule.sh
> @@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ module_clone()
>  
>  	a=$(cd "$gitdir" && pwd)
>  	b=$(cd "$path" && pwd)
> +	# normalize Windows-style absolute paths to POSIX-style absolute paths
> +	case $a in [a-zA-Z]:/*) a=/${a%%:*}${a#*:} esac
> +	case $b in [a-zA-Z]:/*) b=/${b%%:*}${b#*:} esac
>  	# Remove all common leading directories
>  	while test -n "$a" && test -n "$b" && test "${a%%/*}" = "${b%%/*}"
>  	do
>