From: Fred Hamster <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:46:21 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: still seeking weird issue for update
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.189^2~30
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6c3188052a6ece5d13e799cb4de15f601422feab;p=feisty_meow.git

still seeking weird issue for update
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diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index faecce61..05ad10ee 100644
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -100,8 +100,16 @@ echo "calculated nicedir as '$nicedir'"
       fi
     fi
   elif [ -d ".git" -o ! -z "$(seek_writable ".git" "up")" ]; then
-    topdir="$(seek_writable ".git" "up")"
+    # if the simple name exists, use that.  otherwise try to seek upwards for .git folder.
+    if [ -d ".git" ]; then
+      topdir=".git"
+    else
+      topdir="$(seek_writable ".git" "up")"
+    fi
 echo "got topdir from seeking of '$topdir'"
+if [ -z "$topdir" ]; then
+echo "hey, topdir is blank!!!! bad news."
+fi
     if [ ! -z "$topdir" ]; then
 
       # jump to the directory above the .git directory, to make git happy.