Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Ensure that we can build without libgen.h

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Ramsay,

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Ramsay Jones wrote:

> On 12/01/16 07:57, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > This mini series adds a fall-back for the `dirname()` function that we use
> > e.g. in git-am. This is necessary because not all platforms have a working
> > libgen.h.
> > 
> > While at it, we ensure that our basename() drop-in conforms to the POSIX
> > specifications.
> 
> I was somewhat disappointed that you ignored the implementation of
> gitbasename() and gitdirname() that was included in the test-libgen.c
> file that I sent you.

I am sorry you feel that I ignored your work!

My line of reasoning, however, was to go with the existing gitbasename()
and with the gitdirname() I had come up with, because I was already
familiar with them.

Your tests included a couple of corner cases that neither handled
correctly, and I was able to fix that, so I was happy.

To be quite honest, I blindly deleted everything but the tests, noticed
that the remaining code looked eerily similar to test-path-utils, and
merged it there.

Ciao,
Dscho