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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> Sorry, but I fail to see the point the last example wants to make.
>
> I agree. For me, the real test is this:
>
> me@work ~
> $ cd /cygdrive
>
> me@work /cygdrive
> $ ls
> c  d
>
> So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin.

That supports the code that does not special case a path that begins
with /cygdrive/ and simply treats it as a full path and freely use
relative path, I guess.  Very good point.