From fa5c016585b61e84c9ef7e7f6e6814693599a66a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:49:58 -0400
Subject: add comment about relative/absolute filenames

---
 Git.hs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Git.hs')

diff --git a/Git.hs b/Git.hs
index fb998b1b0..044fc08ae 100644
--- a/Git.hs
+++ b/Git.hs
@@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ configMap = config
 {- Efficiently looks up a gitattributes value for each file in a list. -}
 checkAttr :: Repo -> String -> [FilePath] -> IO [(FilePath, String)]
 checkAttr repo attr files = do
+	-- git check-attr needs relative filenames input; it will choke
+	-- on some absolute filenames. This also means it will output
+	-- all relative filenames.
 	cwd <- getCurrentDirectory
 	let relfiles = map (relPathDirToFile cwd . absPathFrom cwd) files
 	(_, fromh, toh) <- hPipeBoth "git" (toCommand params)
-- 
cgit v1.2.3