Re: Relative ls-files

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Mar 23, 2011, 11:42 UTC
Message-ID: <4D89DCBE.3060400@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimdLGgGXGRNVH5+X-cnhK2NWfWx9k0apt-6rr1Z@mail.gmail.com>

demerphq venit, vidit, dixit 23.03.2011 12:28:

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> On 23 March 2011 12:27, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23 March 2011 10:49, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>> John Tapsell venit, vidit, dixit 23.03.2011 11:33:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>   Could someone add a feature to  ls-files  to list all the files in
>>>> the repository, but relative to the current path?  It would be useful
>>>> for many different aliases, such as "git locate".
>>>
>>> That is in the works, we just have to decide between two suggested
>>> notations:
>>>
>>> git ls-files :
>>> git ls-files :/
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with --relative  or something?

??

ls-files already lists files relative to cwd. What you need is a way to specify that you want all files, not just those beneath cwd.

>>
>> I've never liked magical strange notations.  ":" already has a meaning.
> 
> +1

I think you've both been missing out on the discussions about --full-tree and refspec notation for that...

Of course ":" has a meaning. "git show HEAD:" lists all files at the top-level of the tree at HEAD. That is exactly why ":" has been suggested to denote the top-level for pathspecs also. Note that this is much more general than just an option for ls-files.

Michael