Re: [PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

Hi Junio,

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Steven Penny [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

If you strip the drive, you can still navigate within the same drive:

    $ cd 'C:\Users'
    $ pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Users

    $ cd '\Windows'
    $ pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Windows

but you can no longer traverse drives:

    $ cd '\Testing'
    sh: cd: \Testing: No such file or directory

Sorry, but I fail to see the point the last example wants to make.

I agree. For me, the real test is this:

me@work ~
$ cd /cygdrive

me@work /cygdrive
$ ls
c  d

So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin.

quoted

I would say these could be merged into a "win.h" or similar. Cygwin typically
leans toward the "/unix/style" while MINGW has been more tolerant of
"C:\Windows\Style" and "C:/Mixed/Style" paths, i dont see that changing.

I'd defer to Windows folks to decide if a unified win.h is a good
idea.

We already have such a thing, but it is not just `win.h`, it is
`compat/win32/`. I would think that the best idea would be to move the
MINGW variants to `compat/win32/path-utils.c` and declare them in
`compat/win32/path-utils.h`, renaming them from `mingw_*()` to
`win32_*()`.

Ciao,
Dscho