Hi,

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> the latest git.git master includes some trickery in git-am so that it 
> can be run from a subdirectory: It appends the subdirectory to relative 
> paths given on the command line (which is the mailbox to be applied). It 
> does so by testing for an absolute path like this:
> 
>                         case "$arg" in
>                         /*)
>                                 set "$@" "$arg" ;;
>                         *)
>                                 set "$@" "$prefix$arg" ;;
>                         esac
> 
> This test for absolute paths does not work on Windows, hence, git-am 
> can't be called with an absolute path to the mailbox.

Thanks for the bug report.

> I'm not going to fix this now since I'm not using git-am (not with 
> absolute paths anyway).
> 
> Question: Do you mind if I push a so regressed mingw.git master, or 
> would you like that I wait for a fix (that someone among you would have 
> to provide) that I apply before pushing?

I'd rather have it pushed, and mention it in the ReleaseNotes of (Win-) 
Git, so that anybody who feels inclined can fix it.

Thanks,
Dscho

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