From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:33:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] diff --relative: output paths as relative to the current subdirectory
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802121531170.2920@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vzlu524n9.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>



On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> This adds --relative option to diff family.  When you start from
> a subdirectory, 
> 
>  $ git diff --relative

Ack, except I think it should allow you to actually *set* what the diff is 
relative to.

An example of that could be something like

	git diff --relative=drivers/scsi/ a..b -- drivers/scsi/

where you aren't actually *in* that subdirectory, but for one reason or 
another you're limiting the diff to just stuff in that subdirectory, and 
want a diff that is relative to that one.

Hmm?

			Linus