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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox•net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx•de>
Cc: Johannes Sixt <J.Sixt@eudaptics•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support ent:relative_path
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:38:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vwszos7l2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705042127390.4015@racer.site> (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Fri, 4 May 2007 21:31:42 +0200 (CEST)")

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx•de> writes:

> For me, "v1.5.1:" means something similar to ssh: it is a distant 
> revision. It is not a complete filesystem. I think of revisions as 
> something more general than a directory, but less general than a 
> filesystem. And thus, it makes perfect sense to me that "v1.5.1:Makefile" 
> means the main Makefile, no matter where I am in the current repository.

I see merits in both sides' arguments.  

Saying "path out of THIS version" anchors your mindset at the
top of that version, so in that sense v1.5.1:Makefile should
mean the toplevel no matter where you are.  However...

> Now, I agree that often you want to compare some file in the current 
> directory to the corresponding file in a certain revision. That is why 
> git-diff has a different idea, and indeed, a different notation, too.

... don't you expect "git show HEAD@{yesterday}:git.txt" while
in Documentation/ subdirectory to work?  I wonder if the current
alternative "git show HEAD@{yesterday}:Documentation/git.txt" a
bit unintuitive.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-04 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-04  7:18 [PATCH] Support ent:relative_path Dana How
2007-05-04  7:22 ` Dana How
2007-05-04  8:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-04  8:45     ` Dana How
2007-05-04  8:47     ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04  8:53       ` Dana How
2007-05-04  9:17         ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04  9:26           ` Dana How
2007-05-04  9:46             ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04 16:57               ` Dana How
2007-05-04 17:17                 ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04 19:00                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-05-04 20:23                     ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04  9:19       ` Johannes Sixt
2007-05-04 17:17         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-04 18:23           ` Dana How
2007-05-04 19:06           ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-05-04 19:22             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-04 19:31               ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-05-04 19:38                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-05-04 19:42                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-05-04 20:21           ` Alex Riesen
2007-05-04 23:36           ` Jakub Narebski
2007-05-05  0:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-05  0:52               ` Dana How
2007-05-05  1:06                 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-05-05  1:15                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-04  8:20 ` Alex Riesen

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