Sorry. Forgot to include the git versions I tested with (2.13.1, 2.17.0, 2.18.0) On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 7:50 PM Vitali Lovich <vlovich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Typically git rev-parse --show-toplevel prints the folder containing > the .git folder regardless what subdirectory one is in. One exception > I have found is that if one is within the context of git rebase --exec > then show-toplevel always just prints the current directory it's > running from. > > Repro (starting with cwd within git project): > > (cd xdiff; git rev-parse --show-toplevel) > ... path to git repository > > git rebase -i 18404434bf406f6a6f892ed73320c5cf9cc187dd > # Stop at some commit for editing > > (cd xdiff; git rev-parse --show-toplevel) > ... path to git repository > > git rebase 18404434bf406f6a6f892ed73320c5cf9cc187dd -x "(cd xdiff; git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" > ... path to git repository/xdiff !!! > > This seems like incorrect behaviour to me since it's a weird > inconsistency (even with other rebase contexts) & the documentation > says "Show the absolute path of the top-level directory." with no > caveats. > > Thanks, > Vital
