On 12/22, Johannes Sixt wrote: > Am 21.12.2016 um 23:33 schrieb Brandon Williams: > >On 12/21, Johannes Sixt wrote: > >>+/* copies root part from remaining to resolved, canonicalizing it on the way */ > >>+static void get_root_part(struct strbuf *resolved, struct strbuf *remaining) > >>+{ > >>+ int offset = offset_1st_component(remaining->buf); > >>+ > >>+ strbuf_reset(resolved); > >>+ strbuf_add(resolved, remaining->buf, offset); > >>+#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE > >>+ convert_slashes(resolved->buf); > >>+#endif > > > >So then the only extra cononicalization that is happening here is > >converting '\\server\share' to '//server/share'? (or 'c:\' to 'c:/') > > Correct. All other directory separators are canonicalized by the > primary function, strbuf_realpath. Sounds good. Logically everything looks good to me. And I like that setting 'resolved' to the root of an abs path is pulled out into a helper function. It took me a couple extra seconds to realize that offset_1st_component returns 0 with a relative path, which makes causes the call to get_root_part to essentially be a noop (ie nothing is resolved). Thanks for helping get this to work on windows! -- Brandon Williams