cygwin, gitpython-developers#525: Try to make it work with Cygwin's Git.

+ Make `Git.polish_url()` convert paths into Cygwin-friendly paths.
+ Add utility and soe TCs for funcs for detecting cygwin and converting
abs-paths to `/cygdrive/c/...`.

git/cmd.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 )
 from git.exc import CommandError
 from git.odict import OrderedDict
+from git.util import is_cygwin_git, cygpath
 
 from .exc import (
     GitCommandError,
@@ -190,9 +191,24 @@ def __setstate__(self, d):
     # Override this value using `Git.USE_SHELL = True`
     USE_SHELL = False
 
+    @classmethod
+    def is_cygwin(cls):
+        return is_cygwin_git(cls.GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE)
+
     @classmethod
     def polish_url(cls, url):
-        return url.replace("\\\\", "\\").replace("\\", "/")
+        if cls.is_cygwin():
+            """Remove any backslahes from urls to be written in config files.
+
+            Windows might create config-files containing paths with backslashed,
+            but git stops liking them as it will escape the backslashes.
+            Hence we undo the escaping just to be sure.
+            """
+            url = cygpath(url)
+        else:
+            url = url.replace("\\\\", "\\").replace("\\", "/")
+
+        return url
 
     class AutoInterrupt(object):
         """Kill/Interrupt the stored process instance once this instance goes out of scope. It is

git/repo/base.py

@@ -4,51 +4,21 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
-from git.exc import (
-    InvalidGitRepositoryError,
-    NoSuchPathError,
-    GitCommandError
-)
-from git.cmd import (
-    Git,
-    handle_process_output
-)
-from git.refs import (
-    HEAD,
-    Head,
-    Reference,
-    TagReference,
-)
-from git.objects import (
-    Submodule,
-    RootModule,
-    Commit
-)
-from git.util import (
-    Actor,
-    finalize_process
-)
-from git.index import IndexFile
-from git.config import GitConfigParser
-from git.remote import (
-    Remote,
-    add_progress,
-    to_progress_instance
-)
-
-from git.db import GitCmdObjectDB
+from collections import namedtuple
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
 
 from gitdb.util import (
     join,
     isfile,
     hex_to_bin
 )
 
-from .fun import (
-    rev_parse,
-    is_git_dir,
-    find_git_dir,
-    touch,
+from git.cmd import (
+    Git,
+    handle_process_output
 )
 from git.compat import (
     text_type,
@@ -58,12 +28,17 @@
     range,
     is_win,
 )
+from git.config import GitConfigParser
+from git.db import GitCmdObjectDB
+from git.exc import InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError, GitCommandError
+from git.index import IndexFile
+from git.objects import Submodule, RootModule, Commit
+from git.refs import HEAD, Head, Reference, TagReference
+from git.remote import Remote, add_progress, to_progress_instance
+from git.util import Actor, finalize_process
+
+from .fun import rev_parse, is_git_dir, find_git_dir, touch
 
-import os
-import sys
-import re
-import logging
-from collections import namedtuple
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -875,12 +850,22 @@ def _clone(cls, git, url, path, odb_default_type, progress, **kwargs):
             progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
         odbt = kwargs.pop('odbt', odb_default_type)
-        proc = git.clone(url, path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True,
+
+        ## A bug win cygwin's Git, when `--bare`
+        #  it prepends the basename of the `url` into the `path::
+        #        git clone --bare  /cygwin/a/foo.git  C:\\Work
+        #  becomes::
+        #        git clone --bare  /cygwin/a/foo.git  /cygwin/a/C:\\Work
+        #
+        clone_path = (Git.polish_url(path)
+                      if Git.is_cygwin() and 'bare' in kwargs
+                      else path)
+        proc = git.clone(Git.polish_url(url), clone_path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True,
                          v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, git, progress))
         if progress:
             handle_process_output(proc, None, progress.new_message_handler(), finalize_process)
         else:
-            (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()  # FIXME: Will block of outputs are big!
+            (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()  # FIXME: Will block if outputs are big!
             log.debug("Cmd(%s)'s unused stdout: %s", getattr(proc, 'args', ''), stdout)
             finalize_process(proc, stderr=stderr)
 

git/test/lib/helper.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     'GIT_REPO', 'GIT_DAEMON_PORT'
 )
 
-log = logging.getLogger('git.util')
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 #{ Routines
 

git/test/test_util.py

@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
 import tempfile
+import time
+from unittest.case import skipIf
+
+import ddt
 
+from git.cmd import dashify
+from git.compat import string_types, is_win
+from git.objects.util import (
+    altz_to_utctz_str,
+    utctz_to_altz,
+    verify_utctz,
+    parse_date,
+)
 from git.test.lib import (
     TestBase,
     assert_equal
@@ -15,19 +27,9 @@
     BlockingLockFile,
     get_user_id,
     Actor,
-    IterableList
+    IterableList,
+    cygpath,
 )
-from git.objects.util import (
-    altz_to_utctz_str,
-    utctz_to_altz,
-    verify_utctz,
-    parse_date,
-)
-from git.cmd import dashify
-from git.compat import string_types, is_win
-
-import time
-import ddt
 
 
 class TestIterableMember(object):
@@ -52,6 +54,47 @@ def setup(self):
             "array": [42],
         }
 
+    @skipIf(not is_win, "Paths specifically for Windows.")
+    @ddt.data(
+        (r'foo\bar', 'foo/bar'),
+        (r'foo/bar', 'foo/bar'),
+        (r'./bar', 'bar'),
+        (r'.\bar', 'bar'),
+        (r'../bar', '../bar'),
+        (r'..\bar', '../bar'),
+        (r'../bar/.\foo/../chu', '../bar/chu'),
+
+        (r'C:\Users', '/cygdrive/c/Users'),
+        (r'C:\d/e', '/cygdrive/c/d/e'),
+
+        (r'\\?\a:\com', '/cygdrive/a/com'),
+        (r'\\?\a:/com', '/cygdrive/a/com'),
+
+        (r'\\server\C$\Users', '//server/C$/Users'),
+        (r'\\server\C$', '//server/C$'),
+        (r'\\server\BAR/', '//server/BAR/'),
+        (r'\\?\UNC\server\D$\Apps', '//server/D$/Apps'),
+
+        (r'D:/Apps', '/cygdrive/d/Apps'),
+        (r'D:/Apps\fOO', '/cygdrive/d/Apps/fOO'),
+        (r'D:\Apps/123', '/cygdrive/d/Apps/123'),
+    )
+    def test_cygpath_ok(self, case):
+        wpath, cpath = case
+        self.assertEqual(cygpath(wpath), cpath or wpath)
+
+    @skipIf(not is_win, "Paths specifically for Windows.")
+    @ddt.data(
+        (r'C:Relative', None),
+        (r'D:Apps\123', None),
+        (r'D:Apps/123', None),
+        (r'\\?\a:rel', None),
+        (r'\\share\a:rel', None),
+    )
+    def test_cygpath_invalids(self, case):
+        wpath, cpath = case
+        self.assertEqual(cygpath(wpath), cpath or wpath.replace('\\', '/'))
+
     def test_it_should_dashify(self):
         assert_equal('this-is-my-argument', dashify('this_is_my_argument'))
         assert_equal('foo', dashify('foo'))