From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:42:58 GMT
Subject: Re: format-patch problem when using relative
Message-ID: <20081127094258.GA12018@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <06D676E3-6C24-4ACC-9874-8B19549BC3A1@gmail.com>

On 2008.11.26 19:58:34 +0100, Nikola Knežević wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2008, at 19:01 , Jeff King wrote:
>
>> So I think what you really want is:
>>
>>  git format-patch --relative=click click/master myclick -- click
>>
>> to limit the path pruning to the 'click' directory.
>
> Yes, that did the trick. Also, when I think about it, it makes sense -  
> do checks relative to a path, but prune using path.

Ah, now that makes sense to me, too. You just didn't use the actual
command I told you on IRC ;-)

<doener> git format-patch --relative=click/ click/master click

That already had the path limiting "click" in it, I really meant "click"
there, not "myclick" ;-) I guess the confusion was caused by how
format-patch takes the range it's supposed to work on. If you only give
it a single committish, that is interpreted as "since". So the above is
equal to

git format-patch --relative=click/ click/master..HEAD click

Björn