From: Johannes Sixt
MSYS bash interprets the slash in the argument core.commentchar="/"
as root directory and mangles it into a Windows style path. Use a
different core.commentchar to dodge the issue.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt
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t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 inser
Johannes Sixt writes:
> From: Johannes Sixt
>
> MSYS bash interprets the slash in the argument core.commentchar="/"
> as root directory and mangles it into a Windows style path. Use a
> different core.commentchar to dodge the issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt
> ...
> - git -c core.com
Am 4/18/2013 19:05, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Johannes Sixt writes:
>
>> From: Johannes Sixt
>>
>> MSYS bash interprets the slash in the argument core.commentchar="/"
>> as root directory and mangles it into a Windows style path. Use a
>> different core.commentchar to dodge the issue.
>>
>> Sign
Johannes Sixt writes:
> Am 4/18/2013 19:05, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> Johannes Sixt writes:
>>
>>> From: Johannes Sixt
>>>
>>> MSYS bash interprets the slash in the argument core.commentchar="/"
>>> as root directory and mangles it into a Windows style path. Use a
>>> different core.commentch
Am 19.04.2013 18:33, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Johannes Sixt writes:
>
>> Am 4/18/2013 19:05, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>>> Johannes Sixt writes:
>>>
From: Johannes Sixt
MSYS bash interprets the slash in the argument core.commentchar="/"
as root directory and mangles it into a
Johannes Sixt writes:
> A patch auther whose first instinct is to write 'foo=/' will never write
> 'foo=x', let alone 'foo="""/"""'. Someone will have to discover the
> issue eventually and write a patch to fix it, and someone will have to
> apply it.
That is a separate issue. Didn't I say I'll
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> But a _real user_ who wants to use a slash there has no way of doing
> so.
Doesn't foo=// do that in the msys world? If I am reading
mingw/msys/rt/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc correctly then the way to pass
a true double-slash is foo=///.
Jonathan
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Am 21.04.2013 02:05, schrieb Jonathan Nieder:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> But a _real user_ who wants to use a slash there has no way of doing
>> so.
>
> Doesn't foo=// do that in the msys world? If I am reading
> mingw/msys/rt/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc correctly then the way to pass
> a true d
Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 21.04.2013 02:05, schrieb Jonathan Nieder:
>> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> But a _real user_ who wants to use a slash there has no way of doing
>>> so.
>>
>> Doesn't foo=// do that in the msys world? If I am reading
>> mingw/msys/rt/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc correctly then
Jonathan Nieder writes:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> But a _real user_ who wants to use a slash there has no way of doing
>> so.
>
> Doesn't foo=// do that in the msys world?
"that" refers to...? Do you mean:
$ value=/; mycmd key="$value"
breaks msys, but you can say
$ value=//;
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