From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>,
Matt McClure <matthewlmcclure@gmail.com>,
Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] difftool: avoid double slashes in symlink targets
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:19:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7va9q5y8zw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b10c6d19bd4004887868dd7626320bd676fee540.1363291949.git.john@keeping.me.uk> (John Keeping's message of "Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:19:40 +0000")
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
> When we add tests for symlinks in "git difftool --dir-diff" it's easier
> to check the target path if we don't have to worry about double slashes
> separating directories. Remove the trailing slash (if present) from
> $workdir before creating the symlinks in order to avoid this.
Yup, and it is a good basic hygiene even without tests that expect
the exact pathnames.
The code would work even when your $workdir is at the root of the
filesystem; the patch looks good.
Thanks.
> Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
> ---
> git-difftool.perl | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
> index 12231fb..e594f9c 100755
> --- a/git-difftool.perl
> +++ b/git-difftool.perl
> @@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ EOF
> delete($ENV{GIT_INDEX_FILE});
>
> # Changes in the working tree need special treatment since they are
> - # not part of the index
> + # not part of the index. Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
> + # before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
> + $workdir =~ s|/$||;
> for my $file (@working_tree) {
> my $dir = dirname($file);
> unless (-d "$rdir/$dir") {
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-14 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-26 20:23 difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions Matt McClure
2012-11-27 6:20 ` David Aguilar
2012-11-27 21:10 ` Matt McClure
[not found] ` <CAJELnLEL8y0G3MBGkW+YDKtVxX4n4axJG7p0oPsXsV4_FRyGDg@mail.gmail.com>
2013-03-12 18:12 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-12 19:09 ` John Keeping
2013-03-12 19:23 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-12 19:43 ` John Keeping
2013-03-12 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-12 21:06 ` John Keeping
2013-03-12 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-12 21:43 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-12 22:11 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-12 22:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-12 22:48 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-13 0:17 ` John Keeping
2013-03-13 0:56 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-13 8:24 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-13 15:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-13 16:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-13 17:08 ` John Keeping
2013-03-13 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-13 18:01 ` John Keeping
2013-03-13 19:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-13 20:33 ` [PATCH 0/2] difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working tree John Keeping
2013-03-13 20:33 ` [PATCH 1/2] git-difftool(1): fix formatting of --symlink description John Keeping
2013-03-13 20:33 ` [PATCH 2/2] difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working tree John Keeping
2013-03-14 3:41 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-14 9:36 ` John Keeping
2013-03-14 15:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-14 20:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " John Keeping
2013-03-14 20:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git-difftool(1): fix formatting of --symlink description John Keeping
2013-03-14 20:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] difftool: avoid double slashes in symlink targets John Keeping
2013-03-14 21:19 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2013-03-14 20:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] difftool --dir-diff: symlink all files matching the working tree John Keeping
2013-03-14 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-14 22:24 ` John Keeping
2013-03-14 22:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-14 9:43 ` difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions John Keeping
2013-03-14 17:25 ` John Keeping
2013-03-14 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-14 20:00 ` [PATCH 0/2] checkout-index: fix .gitattributes handling with --prefix John Keeping
2013-03-14 20:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] t2003: modernize style John Keeping
2013-03-14 20:00 ` [PATCH 2/2] entry: fix filter lookup John Keeping
2013-03-14 21:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-12 20:38 ` difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions Junio C Hamano
2013-03-12 19:24 ` [PATCH] difftool: Make directory diff symlink work tree John Keeping
2013-03-12 23:12 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-12 23:40 ` John Keeping
2013-03-13 0:26 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-13 9:11 ` John Keeping
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