Am 1/11/2011 9:37, schrieb Jonathan Nieder: > I suspect that the reader will end up wondering "why does this have to > be so complicated" no matter what. Unfortunately, yes. Therefore, I'd like to keep the paragraph minimal, focused on how expected values should be constructed, which is where errors will happen primarily. >>> It makes a difference on Windows, where >>> >>> - $(pwd) is a Windows-style path such as git might output, and >>> - $PWD is a Unix-style path that the shell (MSYS bash) will >>> mangle before passing to native apps like git. >> >> This information is already included by reference to 4114156ae9. > > ... but if we can summarize it nicely, we can save the reader a > step, no? I don't think so: it's not complete enough. Readers will ask: "So what?" Digging archives or a three paragraph follow-up explanation on the ML will be required anyway. > Anyway, what you have already written is useful; clearing up these > details would just be icing on the top. OK, thanks for a review. -- Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html