Re: diff for deleted file only, when changed to directory

From: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date: Dec 8, 2010, 09:29 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTikMf5qRaqkdiOKP_PBf=Q68fMc2U5WVN-7SWFYC@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101208082103.GA4927@burratino>

2010/12/8 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>:

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> Bert Wesarg wrote:
>
>>                                                                git
>> diff --cached -- foo shows me the diff for both the file foo and file
>> foo/bar.
> [...]
>>                                              But for the case
>> file->directory, I would like to see only the deleted diff, not
>> recursing into the directory.
>
> If I understand correctly, this is a documentation bug and feature
> request.
>
> The documentation bug: the "git diff" documentation says something
> like
>
>        git diff [--options] [<tree>[..<tree>]] [--] [<path>...]
>
> but the <path>s after "--" are actually patterns (path specifiers).
> See [1] ([RFD] git glossary: define pathspec, 2010-11-29).
>
> The feature request: there is no way to specify an "exact match"
> or "negative match" when specifying paths.  At least "negative
> match" has been suggested before.
>

Thanks for the pointers.

I don't expect that we can change <foo> to match only files and not directories.

Bert

> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/162379
>