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Subject: Re: git and absolute Windows-style paths
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From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:40:16 -0400
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On 4/20/2016 7:14 PM, Ernie Rael wrote:
> On 4/20/2016 1:37 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
>> I think this will do it:
>>
>> function git {
>>   declare -a ARGS
>>   for n in "$@" ; do ARGS+=("$(cygpath -u -- "${n}")") ; done
>>   command git "${ARGS[@]}"
>> }
>>
>> The reason this is a little more complicated than some other approaches
>> might be is that it will also work for arguments that have space, e.g.,
>>
>> git add "C:/My Documents/foo.doc"
>
> Notice that
>     IFS=$'\n'; args=($(cygpath -m -- "$@")); IFS=$' \t\n'
> also handles arguments with spaces. You don't need the shell for loop.

Ok ... but I would save the previous value of IFS and restore it -- never
know what a user might be using there ...

Best -- E

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