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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee•org>
Cc: GitList <git@vger•kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 3/3] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:31:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy570gxpl.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1379107397-964-4-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> (Philip Oakley's message of "Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:23:17 +0100")

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.

      reply	other threads:[~2013-09-13 22:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-19 11:54 [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Extend dot repository documentation Philip Oakley
2013-05-19 11:54 ` [RFC/PATCH 1/2] config doc: add dot-repository note Philip Oakley
2013-05-19 17:43   ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-05-20 17:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-20 21:10       ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-19 11:54 ` [RFC/PATCH 2/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery Philip Oakley
2013-05-19 17:39   ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-05-19 22:29     ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-20 17:55     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-20 21:09       ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-20 22:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-21  7:47           ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-21 16:23             ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-21 21:21               ` Felipe Contreras
2013-05-21 22:33                 ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-21 23:03                   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-05-21 23:24                     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-22  0:27                       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-05-22  0:50                         ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-22  2:57                           ` Felipe Contreras
2013-05-22 16:50                             ` Junio C Hamano
2013-05-22 22:12                               ` Felipe Contreras
2013-05-22 22:09                     ` Philip Oakley
2013-05-22 22:15                       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-13 21:23 ` [PATCH V2 0/3] Extend dot repository documentation Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 21:23   ` [PATCH V2 1/3] Doc URLs: relative paths imply the dot-respository Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 22:21     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-14 20:47       ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 21:23   ` [PATCH V2 2/3] config doc: update dot-repository notes Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 22:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-14 20:47       ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 21:23   ` [PATCH V2 3/3] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery Philip Oakley
2013-09-13 22:31     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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