From: Michael J Gruber Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:42:54 GMT Subject: Re: Relative ls-files Message-ID: <4D89DCBE.3060400@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: demerphq venit, vidit, dixit 23.03.2011 12:28: > On 23 March 2011 12:27, John Tapsell wrote: >> On 23 March 2011 10:49, Michael J Gruber 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