From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:31:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 3/3] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
Message-ID: <xmqqy570gxpl.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1379107397-964-4-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>

Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:

> The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path
> to the current repository. Explain this action.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitcli.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> index 7d54b77..b065c0e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> @@ -58,6 +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.

Looks good to me.  Thanks.