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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | git.c | 13 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t0056-git-C.sh | 84 |
3 files changed, 111 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index c4f0ed5957..5d68d33e46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git' [--version] [--help] [-c <name>=<value>] +'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] @@ -395,6 +395,20 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information, because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git help ...`. +-C <path>:: + Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working + directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent + non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C + <path>`. ++ +This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and +`--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be +made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For +example the following invocations are equivalent: + + git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status + git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status + -c <name>=<value>:: Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value given will override values from configuration files. @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ #include "commit.h" const char git_usage_string[] = - "git [--version] [--help] [-c name=value]\n" + "git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]\n" " [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n" " [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n" " [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n" @@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged) set_alternate_shallow_file((*argv)[0]); if (envchanged) *envchanged = 1; + } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-C")) { + if (*argc < 2) { + fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for -C.\n" ); + usage(git_usage_string); + } + if (chdir((*argv)[1])) + die_errno("Cannot change to '%s'", (*argv)[1]); + if (envchanged) + *envchanged = 1; + (*argv)++; + (*argc)--; } else { fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd); usage(git_usage_string); diff --git a/t/t0056-git-C.sh b/t/t0056-git-C.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..99c037703a --- /dev/null +++ b/t/t0056-git-C.sh @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +test_description='"-C <path>" option and its effects on other path-related options' + +. ./test-lib.sh + +test_expect_success '"git -C <path>" runs git from the directory <path>' ' + test_create_repo dir1 && + echo 1 >dir1/a.txt && + msg="initial in dir1" && + (cd dir1 && git add a.txt && git commit -m "$msg") && + echo "$msg" >expected && + git -C dir1 log --format=%s >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Multiple -C options: "-C dir1 -C dir2" is equivalent to "-C dir1/dir2"' ' + test_create_repo dir1/dir2 && + echo 1 >dir1/dir2/b.txt && + git -C dir1/dir2 add b.txt && + msg="initial in dir1/dir2" && + echo "$msg" >expected && + git -C dir1/dir2 commit -m "$msg" && + git -C dir1 -C dir2 log --format=%s >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Effect on --git-dir option: "-C c --git-dir=a.git" is equivalent to "--git-dir c/a.git"' ' + mkdir c && + mkdir c/a && + mkdir c/a.git && + (cd c/a.git && git init --bare) && + echo 1 >c/a/a.txt && + git --git-dir c/a.git --work-tree=c/a add a.txt && + git --git-dir c/a.git --work-tree=c/a commit -m "initial" && + git --git-dir=c/a.git log -1 --format=%s >expected && + git -C c --git-dir=a.git log -1 --format=%s >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Order should not matter: "--git-dir=a.git -C c" is equivalent to "-C c --git-dir=a.git"' ' + git -C c --git-dir=a.git log -1 --format=%s >expected && + git --git-dir=a.git -C c log -1 --format=%s >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Effect on --work-tree option: "-C c/a.git --work-tree=../a" is equivalent to "--work-tree=c/a --git-dir=c/a.git"' ' + rm c/a/a.txt && + git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/a status >expected && + git -C c/a.git --work-tree=../a status >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Order should not matter: "--work-tree=../a -C c/a.git" is equivalent to "-C c/a.git --work-tree=../a"' ' + git -C c/a.git --work-tree=../a status >expected && + git --work-tree=../a -C c/a.git status >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Effect on --git-dir and --work-tree options - "-C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a" is equivalent to "--git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/a"' ' + git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/a status >expected && + git -C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a status >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Order should not matter: "-C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a" is equivalent to "--git-dir=a.git -C c --work-tree=a"' ' + git -C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a status >expected && + git --git-dir=a.git -C c --work-tree=a status >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Order should not matter: "-C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a" is equivalent to "--git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a -C c"' ' + git -C c --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a status >expected && + git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=a -C c status >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_expect_success 'Relative followed by fullpath: "-C ./here -C /there" is equivalent to "-C /there"' ' + echo "initial in dir1/dir2" >expected && + git -C dir1 -C "$(pwd)/dir1/dir2" log --format=%s >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + +test_done |