g and similar commands

Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud -AT- gmail.com>
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:18:59 -0500

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 11:00:55AM -0500, Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud@gmail.com> wrote:

 The problem is that if you are in rootgit/rawbuild/vcl/source for example
 git-rev-parse with give you ../../
 the same result as if you where at
 rootgit/clone/libs-gui/vcl/source
 and now you are in the road to readlink and its notorious non-portability


Okay, fine. I was just asking if there is a reason you don't use it, or
you just didn't met that tool so far.


It is indeed a useful and not-so-well known tool, thanks for mentioning it.

Norbert


Thanks.

Context

[Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Norbert Thiebaud
- Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Miklos Vajna
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      - Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Miklos Vajna
        
        Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Norbert Thiebaud
- Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Tor Lillqvist
  - Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Fridrich Strba
    - Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Christian Lohmaier
    - Re: [Libreoffice] small utility script to handle ../bin/g and similar commands · Tor Lillqvist
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