That function used to do a chdir() without switching back to the original directory. That was not a problem till this function was used only inside builtin-help, but once other builtins use it as well, this is a problem, for example when the object database path is relative. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- help.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/help.c b/help.c index fb93df0..d71937e 100644 --- a/help.c +++ b/help.c @@ -425,7 +425,9 @@ static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds, int prefix_len; DIR *dir = opendir(path); struct dirent *de; + static char old_path[PATH_MAX+1]; + getcwd(old_path, sizeof(old_path)); if (!dir || chdir(path)) return 0; @@ -452,6 +454,7 @@ static unsigned int list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds, } closedir(dir); + chdir(old_path); return longest; } -- 1.6.0.rc0.14.g95f8.dirty -- 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