Re: [PATCH v3] Support ent:relative_path

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: May 5, 2007, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID: <7vy7k3hvog.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070505193214.GD30511@admingilde.org>

Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> writes:

> we could also introduce "<tree-ish>/<path>" for absolute path entries.

When you name the tree-ish with usual "branch name", where does the branch name end and pathname start? What happens when there is an ambiguity, and how costly to detect such an ambiguity to begin with?

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