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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-04-14 10:34:05 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-04-14 10:34:05 -0700
commitbf2cfcaabf1f7497ff283c221af9d8b3058867af (patch)
tree3733d493f2cb7887ef9307bc9045b222ffdfab7c /path.c
parent03571fda7712ed66cc9324452b8f8618080ff354 (diff)
parentc8c3f1d087f2195fd6ef61d6cca8241a808ac11a (diff)
downloadgit-bf2cfcaabf1f7497ff283c221af9d8b3058867af.tar.gz
Merge branch 'pt/enter-repo-comment-fix'
* pt/enter-repo-comment-fix: enter_repo(): fix docs to match code
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diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index e608993801..595da81ca6 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -303,14 +303,9 @@ 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