$dstDir = "";
}
+my $subdir_prefix = `git rev-parse --show-prefix`;
+chomp($subdir_prefix);
+
+# run in git base directory, so that git-ls-files lists all revisioned files
+chdir "$GIT_DIR/..";
+
# normalize paths, needed to compare against versioned files and update-index
# also, this is nicer to end-users by doing ".//a/./b/.//./c" ==> "a/b/c"
for (@srcArgs, @dstArgs) {
+ # prepend git prefix as we run from base directory
+ $_ = $subdir_prefix.$_;
s|^\./||;
s|/\./|/| while (m|/\./|);
s|//+|/|g;