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Re: Incorrect git-blame result if I use full path to file

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 3, 2007, 02:28 UTC
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 06:19:23PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I think it is rather a sloppy error checking than a bug.  It should be
> throwing a stone back at you when you feed it a full path, or converting
> it back to work tree relative path before using.

I think it's not the only place. Doing "git diff /path/to/repo/file" silently produces an empty diff, even if there are changes in the file.

-Peff
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Message 3 of 21 in “Incorrect git-blame result if I use full path to file”
  1. Anatol PomozovDec 3, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  3. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsDec 3, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 3, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsDec 3, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsDec 3, 2007
  8. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  10. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  11. Robin RosenbergDec 3, 2007
  12. Make Git accept absolute path names for files within the work treeRobin Rosenberg, Dec 3, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  14. Jeff KingDec 4, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2007
  16. Robin RosenbergDec 4, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2007
  18. Linus TorvaldsDec 4, 2007
  19. Jeff KingDec 4, 2007
  20. Linus TorvaldsDec 4, 2007
  21. Jeff KingDec 6, 2007

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