On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:15 PM Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> @@ -709,6 +710,10 @@ char *expand_user_path(const char *path, int real_home) > >> > >> if (path == NULL) > >> goto return_null; > >> +#ifdef __MINGW32__ > >> + if (path[0] == '/') > >> + return system_path(path + 1); > >> +#endif > > > > Hmm, this doesn't quite fit with the intended use of this > > function! ;-) (even on windows!) > > > > I haven't looked very deeply, but doesn't this affect all > > absolute paths in the config read by git_config_pathname(), > > along with all 'included config' files? > > > > I am pretty sure that I would not want the absolute paths > > in my config file(s) magically 'moved' depending on whether > > git has been compiled with 'runtime prefix' support or not! > > So, I hit 'send' before finishing my thought ... > > I can't think of a non-backwards compatible way of doing > what you want. If backward compatibility wasn't an issue, > then we could (maybe) have used some kind of pathname prefix > like 'system:/path/relative/to/git/executable', or somesuch. A pseudo variable might work, like $ROOT/path/relative/to/somewhere -- Duy
