Re: `git log relative_path_to_object` does not respect the --work-tree path

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 29, 2014, 20:56 UTC
Message-ID: <20140929205612.GQ1175@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABj5xzc0bVfyzR5PD5K3STSvdvWEOYeMkayB=GTfKbfij+G5Zw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Roberto,

Roberto Eduardo Decurnex Gorosito wrote:

> When passing objects to the `git log`, by just naming them or using
> the `--objects` option, relative paths are evaluated using the current
> working directory instead of the current working tree path.

Why should they be relative to the worktree root? When you use relative paths within a worktree, they are not relative to the worktree root. For example, the following works within a clone of git.git:

	$ cd Documentation
	$ git log git.txt

You might be looking for 'git -C <directory>', which chdirs to the named directory so paths are relative to there.

Hope that helps, Jonathan