Re: [PATCH 3/3] Allow whole-tree operations to be started from a subdirectory
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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- Jan 14, 2007, 19:36 UTC
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Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com> writes:
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> For example, on a simple Web project, the UI designers will always cd > to the "html" directory. They get "src" and "lib" too, but if they had > a choice they wouldn't. When they cherry-pick, it'll always be a > cherry-pick of their own stuff (in the html directory) and likewise > with a revert, so they have no reason to cd-up for any of those > operations if the tool doesn't demand it. And perhaps less obvious: in > a typical shared integration area setup, they will never have any > conflicts anywhere but their subdirectory since the other directories > will always be able to fast-forward merge. So cd-up isn't useful for > them even in the case of merge conflicts.
Both good points. Especially the latter one, I did not think of myself.
Thanks.