Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery

> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>
>> The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path,
>> and thus the current repository. Explain this action.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
>> ---
>>
>> This updates 431260cc8dd
>
> It appears that the original has already been merged to 'next', so
> we need to make this incremental on top.  I'll queue this on top.

>
> -- >8 --
> From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
> Subject: doc/cli: make "dot repository" an independent bullet point
>
> The way to spell the current repository with a '.' dot is
> independent from how the pathspec allows globs expanded by Git.
>
> Make them two separate bullet items in the enumeration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
> Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> index 1672842..24e1784 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> @@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ the paths in the index that match the pattern to 
> be checked out to your
> 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 the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory,
> -using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a 
> relative
> -path for your current repository.
> +
> + * Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current 
> directory,
> +   using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a 
> relative
> +   path and means your current repository.
>
> Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when 
> you are
> scripting Git:
>
> --