Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Right, but we also support relative paths via environment variables. I > don't think that changes the conclusion though. I'm not convinced > relative paths via the environment aren't slightly insane in the first > place, Sorry, a triple negation is above my head. "relative paths in env aren't insane" == "using relative paths is OK" and you are not convinced that it is the case, so you are saying that you think relative paths in env is not something that is sensible? > given the discussion in 37a95862c (alternates: re-allow relative > paths from environment, 2016-11-07). And they'd probably start with > "../" as well. Yeah. In any case, there is a potential regression but the chance is miniscule---the user has to have been using a relative path that begins with a double-quote in the environment or in alternates file.