Re: ab/remove--super-prefix and -rc0 (was What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2022, #07; Tue, 29))

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 1, 2022, 21:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmt86stm3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <kl6la647ow7e.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>

Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:

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> Frankly, I find it odd in the non-recursive case too e.g. in one of the
> non-recursive tests, we have:
>
>   Migrating git directory of '\''sub1'\'' from '\''sub1/.git'\'' to '\''../../.git/modules/sub1'\''
>
> where all 3 paths are relative, the first two share the same base but
> not the last one. I don't think a casual reader can easily tell that the
> last one should be relative to the second one.

That's a good example, although I can understand why a developer (not a user) might choose to show the last one relative to the one that comes before it.

Thanks, both.

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