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Diffstat (limited to 'path.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | path.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include "packfile.h" #include "object-store.h" #include "lockfile.h" +#include "exec-cmd.h" static int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode) { @@ -723,6 +724,9 @@ static struct passwd *getpw_str(const char *username, size_t len) * failure or if path is NULL. * * If real_home is true, strbuf_realpath($HOME) is used in the `~/` expansion. + * + * If the path starts with `%(prefix)/`, the remainder is interpreted as + * relative to where Git is installed, and expanded to the absolute path. */ char *interpolate_path(const char *path, int real_home) { @@ -731,6 +735,10 @@ char *interpolate_path(const char *path, int real_home) if (path == NULL) goto return_null; + + if (skip_prefix(path, "%(prefix)/", &path)) + return system_path(path); + if (path[0] == '~') { const char *first_slash = strchrnul(path, '/'); const char *username = path + 1; |