a=$(cd "$gitdir" && pwd)/
b=$(cd "$path" && pwd)/
+ # normalize Windows-style absolute paths to POSIX-style absolute paths
+ case $a in [a-zA-Z]:/*) a=/${a%%:*}${a#*:} ;; esac
+ case $b in [a-zA-Z]:/*) b=/${b%%:*}${b#*:} ;; esac
# Remove all common leading directories after a sanity check
if test "${a#$b}" != "$a" || test "${b#$a}" != "$b"; then
die "$(eval_gettext "Gitdir '\$a' is part of the submodule path '\$b' or vice versa")"