On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 08:53:22PM +0200, Torstein Hegge wrote: > When the git directory is accessed through a symlink like > > ln -s /tmp/git /tmp/git-symlink > cd /tmp/git-symlink/t > make -C .. && ./t9903-bash-prompt.sh > > $TRASH_DIRECTORY is /tmp/git-symlink/t/trash directory.t9903-bash-prompt > and $(pwd -P) is /tmp/git/t/trash directory.t9903-bash-prompt. > > When __gitdir looks up the path through 'git rev-parse --git-dir', it > will return paths similar to $(pwd -P). This behavior is already tested in > t9903 'gitdir - resulting path avoids symlinks'. Thanks, this makes sense to me, and is the same solution used in other scripts (e.g., t2300), so I don't think we have to worry about any portability concerns with "pwd -P". -Peff -- 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