Re: [PATCH] git-new-workdir: Don't fail if the target directory is empty

Paul Smith [off-list ref] writes:

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Why these changes?  I thought you are making sure $cleandir is
absolute so that you do not have to do this and can just "cd" into
the new working tree, the same way the user would do once it is set
up.

I made cleandir absolute mainly because you asked me to :-).  I didn't
realize that the implication behind that request was that I'd put back
the original "cd" as well.

This is about not changing unnecessarily the original that has been
battle-tested and keeping the result resistant to future mistakes
(i.e. somebody going elsewhere without realizing a relative cleandir
will cause problems).  Once $cleandir is fixed, there no longer is a
good reason to change how HEAD is pointed in the $new_workdir or its
working tree populated; the change in the earlier round in that area
was necessary when $cleandir was not absolute, but not anymore.