From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 17:35:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Support ent:relative_path Message-ID: <7v1whtdfd2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > On Sat, 5 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin writes: >> >> >> (a) In a bare repository, I believe >> >> setup.c:setup_git_directory_gently() determines the prefix to be >> >> NULL. This means my patch will see ALL paths as absolute, except >> >> :../path which will result in an error. >> > >> > My point was that it feels inconsistent to take the current path into >> > account in one case, but not in the other. >> >> I do not understand your reasoning. In a bare repository you cannot >> even be in a subdirectory to begin with. > > Exactly! That is my point. If you can do it in a working directory, but > also with a bare repository, I find it highly confusing and inconsistent > to have different meaning. Sorry. Now you confused me further. I can do: cd Documentation git diff v1.5.0 v1.5.1 -- git.txt Is that confusing, inconsistent and bad for the users?