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From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pathspec: remove check_path_for_gitlink
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 16:32:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kbmW5U+uFCnBhz4r2-ciGsWSwXHU5Va2r-MEca=iacfgQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy47o6q71.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>>> I wonder if the patches mentioned have something to do with the "git
>>> add deep/in/the/tree" that fails to notice deep/in/ is an unrelated
>>> repository in some way?
>>
>> Which is considered a feature now. Maybe we should add tests for that?
>>
>> http://debuggable.com/posts/git-fake-submodules:4b563ee4-f3cc-4061-967e-0e48cbdd56cb
>
> That is a bug, plain and simple.  Duy any ideas where we went wrong?

That was my first reaction as well. However after a while of thought I actually
like that bug. Consider the possibilities how gitk/git-gui or other subsystems
can be developed. When accepting a patch for that you can either apply the
patch in the outer or inner repository, depending on what the sender used.

I am not so sure if it is a bug plain and simple, but devolved into a
"feature" now.

>
> I think we already have code to avoid adding beyond symlinks.
> "git add deep/in/the/tree" should refuse if deep/in is a symbolic
> link (and happens to point at a directory that has the/tree in it).
> We used not to catch that long time ago, but I think we fixed it.
>
> The logic and the places to do the checks for "no, that thing may be
> a directory but is an unrelated repository" should be the same.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-05-05 23:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-05 22:31 [PATCH] pathspec: remove check_path_for_gitlink Stefan Beller
2016-05-05 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-05 23:15   ` Stefan Beller
2016-05-05 23:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-05 23:32       ` Stefan Beller [this message]
2016-05-05 23:54         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-06  0:28           ` Stefan Beller
2016-05-06  6:21           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-06  6:58             ` Stefan Beller
2016-05-06  7:14               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-06 10:30       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-05-06 17:13         ` Stefan Beller
2016-05-06 19:02           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-06 19:18             ` Stefan Beller
2016-05-06 20:09               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-07  7:16               ` Duy Nguyen

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