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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/git/repo.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/git/repo.py | 33 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/repo.py b/lib/git/repo.py index 6d388633..d39f11d1 100644 --- a/lib/git/repo.py +++ b/lib/git/repo.py @@ -674,7 +674,38 @@ class Repo(object): Returns ``git.Repo`` (the newly cloned repo) """ - self.git.clone(self.path, path, **kwargs) + # special handling for windows for path at which the clone should be + # created. + # tilde '~' will be expanded to the HOME no matter where the ~ occours. Hence + # we at least give a proper error instead of letting git fail + prev_cwd = None + prev_path = None + if os.name == 'nt': + if '~' in path: + raise OSError("Git cannot handle the ~ character in path %r correctly" % path) + + # on windows, git will think paths like c: are relative and prepend the + # current working dir ( before it fails ). We temporarily adjust the working + # dir to make this actually work + match = re.match("(\w:[/\\\])(.*)", path) + if match: + prev_cwd = os.getcwd() + prev_path = path + drive, rest_of_path = match.groups() + os.chdir(drive) + path = rest_of_path + kwargs['with_keep_cwd'] = True + # END cwd preparation + # END windows handling + + try: + self.git.clone(self.path, path, **kwargs) + finally: + if prev_cwd is not None: + os.chdir(prev_cwd) + path = prev_path + # END reset previous working dir + # END bad windows handling return Repo(path) |