From: Philip Oakley Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:53:05 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery Message-ID: <48EF6E550D1745E0BEC830BE5CB2E88F@PhilipOakley> In-Reply-To: From: "Junio C Hamano" > Philip Oakley 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 >> --- >> >> 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. Thank you, that looks good. > > -- >8 -- > From: Philip Oakley > 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 > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano > --- > 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: > > --