Re: Incorrect git-blame result if I use full path to file

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Dec 3, 2007, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0712031012280.8458@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712031807410.27959@racer.site>

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> 
> I have the slight suspicion that this could break diff --no-index.

Quite possible.

> And it does not contain any symlink resolution, right?

That's correct, and by design. If you give a path where the absolute part of the path contains some symlink that eventually gets you to the right point, you get screwed. That's part of why I'd _prefer_ to do the "die()" part, so that you get screwed with a nice error message, rather than being screwed by getting unexpected results!

			Linus