git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCHv3] git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifier

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Jun 27, 2010, 13:15 UTC
Message-ID
<6af64ac563a9a165bec7fddc779b31ae5bcb9997.1277644307.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To
<7vpqzfj8zi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". This is actually a special case of the ":stage:path" syntax where it is documented, but mentioning it also together with "treeish:path" is helpful, so do it.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
How about this? Short description at "rev:path" but still pointing
to ":stage:path".
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 8db600f..d525e57 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
 
 * A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
   at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
-  before the colon.
+  before the colon. ":path" (with an empty part before the colon)
+  is a special case of the syntax described next: content
+  recorded in the index at the given path.
 
 * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
   colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
-- 
1.7.1.621.g01d76
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 12 of 22 in “git-cat-file.txt: Document --textconv”
  1. git-cat-file.txt: Document --textconvMichael J Gruber, Jun 24, 2010
  2. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2010
  3. Michael J GruberJun 24, 2010
  4. [PATCHv2] git-cat-file.txt: Document --textconvMichael J Gruber, Jun 24, 2010
  5. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2010
  7. git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifierMichael J Gruber, Jun 24, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2010
  9. [PATCHv2] git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifierMichael J Gruber, Jun 25, 2010
  10. Matthieu MoyJun 25, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2010
  12. [PATCHv3] git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifierMichael J Gruber, Jun 27, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2010
  14. Michael J GruberJun 27, 2010
  15. Matthieu MoyJun 28, 2010
  16. git-rev-parse.txt: Add more examples for caret and colonMichael J Gruber, Jun 28, 2010
  17. Peter KjellerstedtJun 28, 2010
  18. Michael J GruberJun 28, 2010
  19. [PATCHv2] git-rev-parse.txt: Add more examples for caret and colonMichael J Gruber, Jun 28, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2010
  22. Michael J GruberJun 25, 2010

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.