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

Anders Kaseorg 2127950 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Oct 15 22:10:00 UTC 2025


** Bug watch added: github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues #8910
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8910

** Also affects: rust-coreutils via
   https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8910
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Description changed:

  $ gnudirname foo/.
- abc
+ foo
  $ 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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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/.
  foo
  $ 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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