Make `vcsh seed-gitignore` independent of $PWD

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index bb04b29bd557e3a57fe5791f91cbcd48c0ba28fe..dd05f0ead3cc5aaff22318a9c962a7d9525a6caf 100755 (executable)
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'seed-gitignore' ]; then
        verbose "seed-gitignore begin"
        [ -z $2 ] && help && echo && echo "$SELF $1: error: please specify repository to work on" && return 0
        use "$2"
+       # Switching directory as this has to be executed from $HOME to be of any use.
+       # Going back into old directory at the end in case `vcsh use` is reactivated.
+       old_dir="$PWD"
+       cd "$HOME"
        git config core.excludesfile ".gitignore.d/$REPO_NAME"
        files=$(git ls-files)
        gitignores=$(for file in $(git ls-files); do
@@ -189,13 +193,14 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'seed-gitignore' ]; then
                        file="$new"
                done;
        done | sort -u | sed 's/^/!/')
-       [ -e .gitignore.d/$2 ] &&
-       echo "$SELF: info: .gitignore.d/$2 exists, moving it to .gitignore.d/$2.bak" &&
-       mv -f .gitignore.d/$2 .gitignore.d/$2.bak
-       echo '*' > .gitignore.d/$2
+       [ -e "$HOME/.gitignore.d/$2" ] &&
+       echo "$SELF: info: $HOME/.gitignore.d/$2 exists, moving it to $HOME/.gitignore.d/$2.bak" &&
+       mv -f "$HOME/.gitignore.d/$2" "$HOME/.gitignore.d/$2.bak"
+       echo '*' > "$HOME/.gitignore.d/$2"
        for gitignore in $gitignores; do
-               echo $gitignore >> .gitignore.d/$2
+               echo "$gitignore" >> "$HOME/.gitignore.d/$2"
        done
+       cd "$old_dir"
 
 else
        verbose "defaulting to calling help()"