Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] commit: allow partial commits with relative paths

From: Michael J Gruber <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:50:52 +0200

Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 27.07.2011 17:41:
> Michael J Gruber <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
>> The one reported by the OP for commit:
>>
>> git rm ../a
>> git commit -m "blurb" ../a
>> error: pathspec '../a' did not match any file(s) known to git.
> 
> That does look like a bug given that (starting from a state where that
> "../a" is a tracked file that appear in the HEAD commit):
> 
> 	git rm ../a
>         (cd .. && git commit -m "removed a" a)
> 
> does work. For "git add ../a" after removing the path from both index and
> the working tree, see my other message.

Full agreement on both.
Now I really gotta run, sorry. But "I'll be back" :)

Michael