Re: log/show: relative pathnames do not work in rev:path

From: Dana How <danahow@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 18, 2007, 23:15 UTC
Message-ID: <56b7f5510712181515m2b9056b6u70e586358be6f2a1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200712190011.52613.jnareb@gmail.com>

On Dec 18, 2007 3:11 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Although Linus argument about thinking that cwd affects translation
> from _commit_ sha1 to _tree-ish_ is also sound. Nevertheless I'd rather
> have separate syntax for cwd-relative paths, i.e. <commit>:./<relpath>.

Cool -- so adding recognition for ":." will support relative paths when useful and will not interfere with any current syntax.

Thanks,

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Dana L. How  danahow@gmail.com  +1 650 804 5991 cell

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