add TODO

[code/myrepos.git] / mr

diff --git a/mr b/mr
index b35a3b72d80d3ad0cd3820970e0eb05ee97a3b92..314de600f7708a2ec026e309c31587262260a6c1 100755 (executable)
--- a/mr
+++ b/mr
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ come after it.
 The "ALIAS" section allows adding aliases for actions. Each parameter
 is an alias, and its value is the action to use.
 
-All other sections specify where each repository is located, relative to the
-directory that contains the .mrconfig file.
+All other sections add repositories. The section header specifies the
+directory where the repository is located. This is relative to the directory
+that contains the mrconfig file, but you can also choose to use absolute
+paths.
 
 Within a section, each parameter defines a shell command to run to handle a
 given action. mr contains default handlers for the "update", "status", and
@@ -247,8 +249,11 @@ my $nochdir=0;
 foreach my $topdir (sort keys %config) {
        foreach my $subdir (sort keys %{$config{$topdir}}) {
                next if $subdir eq 'DEFAULT';
-               my $dir=$topdir.$subdir;
-               next if $dir ne $directory && $dir !~ /^\Q$directory\E\//;
+               my $dir=($subdir =~/^\//) ? $subdir : $topdir.$subdir;
+               my $d=$directory;
+               $dir.="/" unless $dir=~/\/$/;
+               $d.="/" unless $d=~/\/$/;
+               next if $dir ne $directory && $dir !~ /^\Q$directory\E/;
                push @repos, [$dir, $topdir, $subdir];
        }
 }
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ if (! @repos) {
        LEAF: foreach my $topdir (reverse sort keys %config) {
                foreach my $subdir (reverse sort keys %{$config{$topdir}}) {
                        next if $subdir eq 'DEFAULT';
-                       my $dir=$topdir.$subdir;
+                       my $dir=($subdir =~/^\//) ? $subdir : $topdir.$subdir;
                        my $d=$directory;
                        $dir.="/" unless $dir=~/\/$/;
                        $d.="/" unless $d=~/\/$/;
@@ -318,10 +323,10 @@ sub action {
        }
        else {
                if (! $nochdir) {
-                       print "mr $action: $dir\n";
+                       print "mr $action: $topdir$subdir\n";
                }
                else {
-                       print "mr $action: $dir (in subdir $directory)\n";
+                       print "mr $action: $topdir$subdir (in subdir $directory)\n";
                }
                my $command="set -e; ".$lib.
                        "my_action(){ $config{$topdir}{$subdir}{$action} ; }; my_action ".
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ sub action {
                my $ret=system($command);
                if ($ret != 0) {
                        print STDERR "mr $action: failed ($ret)\n" if $verbose;
-                       push @failed, $topdir.$subdir;
+                       push @failed, $dir;
                        if ($ret >> 8 != 0) {
                                print STDERR "mr $action: command failed\n";
                        }