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Re: Diff-tree does not work for initial commit

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 16, 2008, 06:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20080916062105.GA12708@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<bd6139dc0809152319m31a79877h5dc1b701a8210802@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:19:37AM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> I like it, although I think that if we add broader support for it, we
> should probably be consequent and add it everywhere where appropriate?
> (That is ofcourse, assuming that does not take too long to implement
> etc.)

Right, that was what I meant by "incomplete". I think there are several other cases where giving "--root" would have expected behavior but is currently ignored. I'll take a closer look, but I probably won't have time for a few days.

-Peff
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  1. Anatol PomozovSep 15, 2008
  2. Michael J GruberSep 15, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2008
  4. Anatol PomozovSep 15, 2008
  5. Michael J GruberSep 15, 2008
  6. Sverre RabbelierSep 15, 2008
  7. Jeff KingSep 15, 2008
  8. Sverre RabbelierSep 16, 2008
  9. Jeff KingSep 16, 2008
  10. extend meaning of "--root" option to index comparisonsJeff King, Sep 18, 2008
  11. Anatol PomozovSep 18, 2008
  12. Sverre RabbelierSep 18, 2008
  13. Jeff KingSep 19, 2008
  14. Anatol PomozovSep 19, 2008
  15. Jeff KingSep 19, 2008
  16. Re* [RFC/PATCH] extend meaning of "--root" option to index comparisonsJunio C Hamano, Sep 19, 2008
  17. Jeff KingSep 21, 2008
  18. Anatol PomozovSep 21, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiSep 21, 2008
  20. Jeff KingSep 22, 2008
  21. Re* [RFC/PATCH] extend meaning of "--root" option to index comparisonsJunio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2008
  22. Jeff KingSep 22, 2008

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