Re: [RFC/PATCH] commit: allow partial commits with relative paths
On 27 July 2011 10:53, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
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> Reuben Thomas venit, vidit, dixit 27.07.2011 11:45:
>>
>> $ cat ~/reportbug-git
>> $ git rm -f ../INSTALL
>> rm 'INSTALL'
>> $ git ci -m "INSTALL is now provided by gnulib." ../INSTALL
>> error: pathspec 'ALL' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>> $ cd ..
>> $ git ci -m "INSTALL is now provided by gnulib." INSTALL
>> [master 0895314] INSTALL is now provided by gnulib.
>> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> delete mode 120000 INSTALL
>>
>> The thing I didn't understand is that I tried to check in ../INSTALL,
>> but git complained about pathspec 'ALL'.
>
> Well, you didn't say so, did you?
>
> Also, we don't know what subdir you were doing this in, but I bet it has
> a 7-character name...
> I can't reproduce that name truncation with a current git, btw.
> In any case, I still think git should allow partial commits with staged
> deletions from within a subdir, which is what my patch is about.
Absolutely, this looks useful.
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