Karl Hasselström wrote:
> On 2007-08-21 14:23:29 +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On 10/08/07, Karl Hasselström <kha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > @@ -294,14 +301,16 @@ def set_head_file(ref):
> > > # head cache flushing is needed since we might have a different value
> > > # in the new head
> > > __clear_head_cache()
> > > - if __run('git-symbolic-ref HEAD',
> > > - [os.path.join('refs', 'heads', ref)]) != 0:
> > > + if __run('git-symbolic-ref HEAD', ['refs/heads/%s' % ref]) != 0:
> > > raise GitException, 'Could not set head to "%s"' % ref
> >
> > Why replacing os.path.join with a single string? I think the former
> > is more portable if, in the future, someone will try to run StGIT on
> > Windows (and GIT would be compiled directly, without cygwin).
>
> Yes, that's the case iff it is a pathname in the file system. But I
> think forward slashes are used even on Windows in this case --
> otherwise too mmuch configuration would have to be changed. This is
> what I _think_, however; I haven't actually checked.
There are some instances where the MinGW port accepts backslashes in ref
names, but you are on the safe side with forward slashes.
-- Hannes
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