From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:11:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Inconsistencies with git log
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711072309380.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910711071503va92a653s25fd978989d5917d@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:

> On 11/7/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > We also tend to take the approach of viewing the history as that of 
> > the whole project.
> 
> But if you type 'git log' while cd'd into a subdirectory the whole log 
> is almost never what you want. It's this kind of thing that makes git 
> harder to use.

When I am working in a subdirectory, I often want the whole history.  For 
example, when I am working on the documentation, sometimes I need to look 
up a commit real quick, that touched other parts.

Besides, adding a space and a dot is not what qualifies for "harder to 
use" with this developer.

Ciao,
Dscho