Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/3] diff.c: add --relative-names to be used with --name-only

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 27, 2016, 19:33 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8BYsPCLiEM2syrGUa_VOCHnR3W+sSiG3sNFme1L0Hx7XA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160627192426.GA10877@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 07:16:16PM +0200, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> The difference with --relative option is, this option does not filter
>> paths outside cwd. You can add two more chars " ." on your command
>> line for that.
>
> Another difference seems to be that it applies only to --name-only, and
> not to other forms. I can see how "-p --relative-names" might be weird,
> because you'll get:
>
>   diff --git a/../foo/bar b/../foo/bar
>
> or something. But surely things like --name-status would want to support
> it?

That's my plan :) Anything that does not start with a/ or b/ should respect this new option.

-- 
Duy