fix stripping of "src/" from repo filename

also added comments explaining string functions

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/endofossil b/src/endofossil
index 2960e8e..3925d89 100644
--- a/src/endofossil
+++ b/src/endofossil
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ case "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" in
         [ $# = 3 ]
         for d in "${shared_paths[@]}"
         do
-            f=${3#/${d##*/./}}
-            f=${f%$require_extension}$require_extension
-            [ "$f" != "$require_extension" ]
+            f=${3#${d##*/./}/} # remove prefix "src/" from input if present
+            f=${f%$require_extension}$require_extension # add suffix ".fossil" if not present
+            [ "$f" != "$require_extension" ] # basename is not ""
             if upstreamDatabase=$(realpath -e -s "$d"/"$f")
             then
                 break