Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Oct 15, 2013, 21:57 UTC
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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
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> The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path, > and thus the current repository. Explain this action. > > Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> > --- > > This updates 431260cc8dd
It appears that the original has already been merged to 'next', so we need to make this incremental on top. I'll queue this on top.
-- >8 -- From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Subject: doc/cli: make "dot repository" an independent bullet point
The way to spell the current repository with a '.' dot is independent from how the pathspec allows globs expanded by Git.
Make them two separate bullet items in the enumeration.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 1672842..24e1784 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ the paths in the index that match the pattern to be checked out to your working tree. After running `git add hello.c; rm hello.c`, you will _not_ see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the latter you will. -+ -Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory, -using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative -path for your current repository. + + * Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory, + using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative + path and means your current repository. Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are scripting Git: