git and absolute Windows-style paths

silverwind silv3rwind@gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 16:46:00 GMT 2016


Hey,

> I think that tackling this with a script/function is a better approach ...

That's seems like a bandaid solution from which the general user base 
would not be able to profit. I think a floating patch to Cygwin's git 
package would be more appropriate, unless it can be addressed in 
Cygwin's system calls (which I'm sure has been attempted).

Why can I

   cat c:\\file.txt

but can't

   git add c:\\file.txt

? Where is this path normalization magic happening?

Regards,
Roman

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