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-rwxr-xr-xcontrib/workdir/git-new-workdir12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
index 9877b98508..f2a3615bbc 100755
--- a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
+++ b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ new_workdir=$2
branch=$3
# want to make sure that what is pointed to has a .git directory ...
-test -d "$orig_git/.git" || die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!"
+git_dir=$(cd "$orig_git" 2>/dev/null &&
+ git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) ||
+ die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!"
# don't link to a workdir
-if test -L "$orig_git/.git/config"
+if test -L "$git_dir/config"
then
die "\"$orig_git\" is a working directory only, please specify" \
"a complete repository."
fi
# make sure the the links use full paths
-orig_git=$(cd "$orig_git"; pwd)
+git_dir=$(cd "$git_dir"; pwd)
# create the workdir
mkdir -p "$new_workdir/.git" || die "unable to create \"$new_workdir\"!"
@@ -45,13 +47,13 @@ do
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$new_workdir/.git/$x")"
;;
esac
- ln -s "$orig_git/.git/$x" "$new_workdir/.git/$x"
+ ln -s "$git_dir/$x" "$new_workdir/.git/$x"
done
# now setup the workdir
cd "$new_workdir"
# copy the HEAD from the original repository as a default branch
-cp "$orig_git/.git/HEAD" .git/HEAD
+cp "$git_dir/HEAD" .git/HEAD
# checkout the branch (either the same as HEAD from the original repository, or
# the one that was asked for)
git checkout -f $branch