Hi J.H. On Wed, 28 Nov 2018, Houder wrote: > On 2018-11-28 09:46, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018, J.H. van de Water wrote: > > > > > > > me@work /cygdrive > > > > > $ ls > > > > > c d > > > > > > > > > > So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin. > > > > > > > > That supports the code that does not special case a path that begins > > > > with /cygdrive/ and simply treats it as a full path and freely use > > > > relative path, I guess. Very good point. > > > > > > Please read > > > > > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive > > > ( The cygdrive path prefix ) > > > > > > .... you can access arbitary drives on your system by using the cygdrive > > > path > > > prefix. The default value for this prefix is /cygdrive ... > > > .... > > > > > > The cygdrive prefix is a >>> virtual directory <<< under which all drives > > > on > > > a system are subsumed ... > > > .... > > > > > > The cygdrive prefix may be CHANGED in the fstab file as outlined above > > > !!!!! > > > .... > > > > > > To simplify scripting, Cygwin also provides a /proc/cygdrive symlink, ... > > > > > > ===== > > > > That's all very interesting, but I fail to see the relevance with regards > > to the issue at hand, namely whether to special-case `/cygdrive` as a > > special prefix that cannot be treated as directory in Git. > > > > I still maintain that it should not be special-cased, no matter whether it > > is a virtual directory or whether it can be renamed to `/jh-likes-cygwin` > > or whatever. > > Ok. Sorry about the noise. > > From your post I got the impression that you believed that there will always > be a directory called /cygdrive on Cygwin. I know it can be different. In MSYS2 it is set to `/` via this line in `/etc/fstab`: none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,noacl,user 0 0 Which is just to say that I am fully aware of the option to rename it. > My point: it can have a different name. Indeed. And whatever name you give it, Cygwin can handle it as if it were a regular directory. So we *must not* special-case it in Git. Ciao, Johannes
