Re: git complains packed-refs is not a directory when used with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE envvars.

[Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 07:30:24PM +0200, Duy Nguyen wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 07:09:36PM +0200, Duy Nguyen wrote:
>> > I would rather have something like ref_store_reinit() in the same
>> > spirit as the second call of set_git_dir() in setup_work_tree. It is
>> > hacky, but it works and keeps changes to minimal (so that it could be
>> > easily replaced later).
>>
>> So in the name of hacky and dirty things, it would look something like
>> this. This passed your test case. The test suite is still running
>> (slow laptop) but I don't expect breakages there.
>
> I think this is the right direction. I mentioned in my last reply that
> it would be nice for this to be a bit more generic, in case we need to
> use it again (and also just to keep the module boundaries sane).

Yes, that's why I called it hacky and dirty :) I keep thinking about
this, so I will probably fix it in a nicer way.

> This part confused me at first:
>
>> +void make_main_ref_store_use_absolute_paths(void)
>> +{
>> +     files_force_absolute_paths(get_main_ref_store());
>> +}
>> +
>> +void make_main_ref_store_use_relative_paths(const char *cwd)
>> +{
>> +     files_make_relative_paths(get_main_ref_store(), cwd);
>> +}
>
> since I thought you were actually turning things into absolute paths.
> But your procedure is basically "turn absolute, then after chdir, turn
> them back relative".
>
> I think it might be clearer if a single call is given both the old and
> new paths. That requires the caller of chdir() storing getcwd() before
> it moves, but I don't think that should be a big deal.

The problem is switching relative paths relies on the old $CWD if I'm
not mistaken and we need  getcwd() for this. I'd love to have one
callback that says "$CWD has been switched from this path to that
path, do whatever you need to" that can be called any time, before or
after chdir(). I'll look more into it.
-- 
Duy