It is okay in practice to test for forward slashes in the output of getcwd(), because we go out of our way to convert backslashes to forward slashes in getcwd()'s output on Windows. Still, the correct way to test for a dir separator is by using the helper function we introduced for that very purpose. It also serves as a good documentation what the code tries to do (not "how"). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- setup.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 967f289f1ef..89a0cef9231 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ static const char *setup_git_directory_gently_1(int *nongit_ok) return setup_bare_git_dir(&cwd, offset, nongit_ok); offset_parent = offset; - while (--offset_parent > ceil_offset && cwd.buf[offset_parent] != '/'); + while (--offset_parent > ceil_offset && + !is_dir_sep(dir->buf[offset_parent])); if (offset_parent <= ceil_offset) return setup_nongit(cwd.buf, nongit_ok); if (one_filesystem) { -- 2.12.0.windows.1.3.g8a117c48243