Inconsistencies with git log

From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 7, 2007, 22:15 UTC
Message-ID: <9e4733910711071415i1729e277u6be19b72cd682a85@mail.gmail.com>

In project root:
 git log arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx
works as expected

 cd arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx
 git log arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx
fatal: ambiguous argument 'arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx': unknown
revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions

still in arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx git log get log for the whole project

Shouldn't git log give the the log for the tree under the current directory?

jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx$ git --version git version 1.5.3.4.1458.g3e72e

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