From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:10:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Relative ls-files
Message-ID: <AANLkTin=7FzjrJ1q3_AgO9erWEsm=DSoHMUPDiwFAqr2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D8A1883.1030606@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> ':/*.h' that have been suggested on the command line, so I am tempted to
>> suggest using '/' (the first slash in the example) as the magic introducer
>> and using '/' (the second) as the 'from-root' magic signature.
>
> I'm afraid (but not sure) that leading "/" would create problems for Git
> on Win! ":/" is fine according to the experts.

'/' is treated more or less just like '\' on Windows so it would not
be a big deal. The 'git add /foo/bar' issue is more interesting, imo.
-- 
Duy