From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Dirk Süsserott" <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Q about git rev-parse {--is-inside-work-tree, --show-cdup}
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:52:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24oatcwfa.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CF95BDC.60506@dirk.my1.cc> ("Dirk Süsserott"'s message of "Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:06:36 +0100")
Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc> writes:
> 2. Wouldn't it be useful, if "git rev-parse --show-cdup" (2a) would
> return a dot "." instead of nothing if we are already in the topdir?
> That would make the steps (2a), (2b), (2c) to a simple "cd $(git
> rev-parse --show-cdup)".
The string returned by --show-cdup is to be used as prefix for a
relative path. If you want to use it standalone just append ".":
cd $(git rev-parse --show-cdup).
Andreas.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-04 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-03 21:06 Q about git rev-parse {--is-inside-work-tree, --show-cdup} Dirk Süsserott
2010-12-03 21:20 ` Jeff King
2010-12-03 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-12-03 21:50 ` Jeff King
2010-12-04 15:12 ` Dirk Süsserott
2010-12-04 16:52 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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