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Re: Git issue.
- From: Adam Dinwoodie <adam at dinwoodie dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 20:42:21 +0000
- Subject: Re: Git issue.
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:30:27PM +0000, boulderfans wrote:
> [/cygdrive/d/projects]
> $ git --git-dir=d:/projects/git-git/.git config alias.foo ls-files
> error: Unable to open tempfile: /cygdrive/d/projects/d:/projects/git-git/.git/config.lock
> error: could not lock config file d:/projects/git-git/.git/config: No such file or directory
>
> The problem is that the code that is checking the --git-dir option
> doesn't work properly if you use a DOS drive:/path specification.
Hi Matt,
Cygwin applications, including applications you've compiled yourself
using the Cygwin toolchain, normally expect Cygwin's Linux-like paths,
e.g. /cygdrive/d/projects/git-git. Attempting to use Windows paths
simply isn't meant to work.
You can convert from a Windows path to the equivalent Cygwin path using
the cygpath utility, e.g.:
git --git-dir="$(cygpath 'd:/projects/git-git/.git')" config alias.foo ls-files
Adam
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