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Re: git and absolute Windows-style paths
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Adam Dinwoodie <adam at dinwoodie dot org>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:34:15 +0300
- Subject: Re: git and absolute Windows-style paths
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Greetings, Adam Dinwoodie!
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 04:37:34PM -0400, Eliot Moss wrote:
>> I think this will do it:
>>
>> function git {
>> declare -a ARGS
>> for n in "$@" ; do ARGS+=("$(cygpath -u -- "${n}")") ; done
>> command git "${ARGS[@]}"
>> }
>>
>> The reason this is a little more complicated than some other approaches
>> might be is that it will also work for arguments that have space, e.g.,
>>
>> git add "C:/My Documents/foo.doc"
> For a marginally simpler, or at least shorter, version, use `for n; do
> ...` rather than `for n in "$@"; do` -- Bash loops over positional
> arguments by default if you don't specify a list with `in`.
> Perfect for confusing anyone else (or indeed yourself at some point in
> the future) who isn't familiar with the many, many idiosyncrasies of
> shell languages.
There's no chance you could confuse anyone with this functionality, as it is
mandated by POSIX.
--
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, April 21, 2016 19:33:42
Sorry for my terrible english...
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