Hi, On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Mike Ralphson wrote: > > > On Feb 8, 2008 4:46 PM, H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > HP-UX allows directories to be opened with fopen (path, "r"), which > > > will cause some translations that expect to read files, read dirs > > > instead. This patch makes sure the two fopen () calls in remote.c > > > only open the file if it is a file. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Many thanks, this is also required for AIX. I had got some way to > > tracking it down, but I thought it was an issue with strbuf. So... > > Does the following help? We really ought to know that ".." must be a path > literal (and there obviously should be more limitations on nicknames for > remotes, but I haven't figured out what they should be yet). > > -Daniel > *This .sig left intentionally blank* > > diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c > index 0e00680..83a3d9d 100644 > --- a/remote.c > +++ b/remote.c > @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ struct remote *remote_get(const char *name) > if (!name) > name = default_remote_name; > ret = make_remote(name, 0); > - if (name[0] != '/') { > + if (name[0] != '/' && strcmp(name, "..")) { > if (!ret->url) > read_remotes_file(ret); > if (!ret->url) You'll need to check for ".", too: "git pull . <branch>" was originally the only way to merge a local branch, and it is still valid. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html