[Bug 2127950] [NEW] ‘dirname foo/.’ incompatibility breaks Git test suite

Anders Kaseorg 2127950 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Oct 15 22:03:53 UTC 2025


Public bug reported:

$ gnudirname foo/.
abc
$ dirname foo/.
.
$ dirname --version
dirname (uutils coreutils) 0.2.2

This incompatibility causes the Git test suite to fail in
contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh.

** Affects: rust-coreutils
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  ‘dirname foo/.’ incompatibility breaks Git test suite

Status in rust-coreutils:
  Unknown
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ gnudirname foo/.
  abc
  $ dirname foo/.
  .
  $ dirname --version
  dirname (uutils coreutils) 0.2.2

  This incompatibility causes the Git test suite to fail in
  contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh.

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