Re: [RFC PATCH] Add support for figuring out where in the git archive we are

From: Yasushi SHOJI <yashi@atmark-techno.com>
Date: Aug 16, 2005, 23:10 UTC
Message-ID: <873bp9xytd.wl@mail2.atmark-techno.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508161536390.3553@g5.osdl.org>

At Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:45:35 -0700 (PDT), Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> This is really partly a serious patch, but also just a query whether 
> people would want git to work in subdirectories, not just the top-level 
> directory.
> 
> So you can be in linux/drivers, and if you do a
> 
> 	git-diff-files -p char
> 
> then it will automatically be turned into the full pathname, and do the
> right thing (ie do a diff of drivers/char only).

I've had missed this feature a lot, since quilt has been working this way. now I can close just-for-git terminal.(tm)

regards,
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          yashi