Re: git and absolute Windows-style paths

[Ernie Rael <err@raelity.com>]

On 4/20/2016 1:37 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
> I think this will do it:
>
> function git {
>   declare -a ARGS
>   for n in "$@" ; do ARGS+=("$(cygpath -u -- "${n}")") ; done
>   command git "${ARGS[@]}"
> }
>
> The reason this is a little more complicated than some other approaches
> might be is that it will also work for arguments that have space, e.g.,
>
> git add "C:/My Documents/foo.doc"

Notice that
    IFS=$'\n'; args=($(cygpath -m -- "$@")); IFS=$' \t\n'
also handles arguments with spaces. You don't need the shell for loop.

-ernie
>
> Regards -- Eliot
>
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