[Bug?] Problem with git show when not in repository's root dir

Repository structure:

a/ - repository's root dir (.git is in here) a/a.txt a/b/b.txt

After merging with conflict:

% git status a.txt: needs merge # On branch b1 # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # unmerged: ../a.txt # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

% git show :1:a.txt Hello Good World Bye

% git show :2:a.txt Hello This is where it conflicts Bye

% cd b

% git status a.txt: needs merge # On branch b1 # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # unmerged: ../a.txt # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

% git show :2:../a.txt # here's the problem fatal: ambiguous argument ':2:../a.txt': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions

Should "git show" be taught with the "--ours" and "--theirs" options? git checkout knows them, but git show doesn't. At least to me, "--ours" and "--theirs" are easier to understand than :1: and :2:

nazri.