Hi Junio, On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Steven Penny <svnpenn@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > If you strip the drive, you can still navigate within the same drive: > > > > $ cd 'C:\Users' > > $ pwd > > /cygdrive/c/Users > > > > $ cd '\Windows' > > $ pwd > > /cygdrive/c/Windows > > > > but you can no longer traverse drives: > > > > $ cd '\Testing' > > sh: cd: \Testing: No such file or directory > > Sorry, but I fail to see the point the last example wants to make. I agree. For me, the real test is this: me@work ~ $ cd /cygdrive me@work /cygdrive $ ls c d So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin. > > I would say these could be merged into a "win.h" or similar. Cygwin typically > > leans toward the "/unix/style" while MINGW has been more tolerant of > > "C:\Windows\Style" and "C:/Mixed/Style" paths, i dont see that changing. > > I'd defer to Windows folks to decide if a unified win.h is a good > idea. We already have such a thing, but it is not just `win.h`, it is `compat/win32/`. I would think that the best idea would be to move the MINGW variants to `compat/win32/path-utils.c` and declare them in `compat/win32/path-utils.h`, renaming them from `mingw_*()` to `win32_*()`. Ciao, Dscho
