Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery

> Hi,
>
> Philip Oakley wrote:
>
>> The Git cli will generally accept dot '.' (period) as equivalent
>> to the current repository when appropriate. Tell the reader of this
>> 'do what I mean' (dwim)mery action.
> [...]
>> --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
>> @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ working tree.  After running `git add hello.c; rm 
>> hello.c`, you will _not_
>>  see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the 
>> latter
>>  you will.
>>
>> +Just as, by convention, the filesystem '.' refers to the current 
>> directory,
>> +using a '.' (period) as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) 
>> refers
>> +to your local repository.
>
> Good idea, but I fear that no one would find it there.
>
> Would it make sense to put this in Documentation/urls.txt (aka the
> "GIT URLS" section of git-fetch(1) and git-clone(1)), where other URL
> schemes are documented?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan