This patch makes it possible to drag files and directories from
a graphical browser and drop them onto a shell and feed them
to common git operations without editing away the path to the
root of the work tree.
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
setup.c | 16 ++++++++++++++
t/t3904-abspatharg.sh | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 t/t3904-abspatharg.sh
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diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 43cd3f9..9b3a9ff 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ static int inside_work_tree = -1;
const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
{
+ if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
+ const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+ int n = strlen(work_tree);
+ if (!strncmp(path, work_tree, n) && (path[n] == '/' || !path[n])) {
+ if (path[n])
+ path += 1;
+ path += n;
+ if (prefix && !strncmp(path, prefix, len - 1)) {
+ if (path[len - 1] == '/')
+ path += len;
+ else
+ if (!path[len - 1])
+ path += len - 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
const char *orig = path;
for (;;) {
char c;
diff --git a/t/t3904-abspatharg.sh b/t/t3904-abspatharg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aa47602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3904-abspatharg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Robin Rosenberg
+#
+
+test_description='Test absolute filename arguments to various git
+commands. Absolute arguments pointing to a location within the git
+work tree should behave the same as relative arguments. '
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'add files using absolute path names' '
+echo a >afile &&
+echo b >bfile &&
+git-add afile &&
+git-add $(pwd)/bfile &&
+test "afile bfile" = "$(echo $(git ls-files))"
+mkdir x &&
+cd x &&
+echo c >cfile &&
+echo d >dfile &&
+git-add cfile &&
+git-add $(pwd) &&
+cd .. &&
+test "afile bfile x/cfile x/dfile" = "$(echo $(git ls-files))" &&
+test "$(echo $(git ls-files x))" = "$(echo $(git ls-files $(pwd)/x))"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit using absolute path names' '
+git commit -m "foo" &&
+echo aa >>bfile &&
+git commit -m "bb" $(pwd)/bfile
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'log using absolute path names' '
+git log afile >f1.txt &&
+git log $(pwd)/afile >f2.txt &&
+diff f1.txt f2.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'blame using absolute path names' '
+git blame afile >f1.txt &&
+git blame $(pwd)/afile >f2.txt &&
+diff f1.txt f2.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'diff using absolute path names' '
+git diff HEAD^ -- $(pwd)/afile >f1.txt &&
+git diff HEAD^ -- afile >f2.txt &&
+diff f1.txt f2.txt
+'
+
+test_done
--
1.5.3.5.1.gb2df9
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