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-rw-r--r--path.c11
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index f10c91a927..c480634a31 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -301,14 +301,9 @@ return_null:
* (3) "relative/path" to mean cwd relative directory; or
* (4) "/absolute/path" to mean absolute directory.
*
- * Unless "strict" is given, we try access() for existence of "%s.git/.git",
- * "%s/.git", "%s.git", "%s" in this order. The first one that exists is
- * what we try.
- *
- * Second, we try chdir() to that. Upon failure, we return NULL.
- *
- * Then, we try if the current directory is a valid git repository.
- * Upon failure, we return NULL.
+ * Unless "strict" is given, we check "%s/.git", "%s", "%s.git/.git", "%s.git"
+ * in this order. We select the first one that is a valid git repository, and
+ * chdir() to it. If none match, or we fail to chdir, we return NULL.
*
* If all goes well, we return the directory we used to chdir() (but
* before ~user is expanded), avoiding getcwd() resolving symbolic