Re: [fossil-users] Is there a way to specify paths relative to checkout's root?

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Tony Papadimitriou wrote: > OK, thanks. > > But, what would be wrong with using / which is closer semantically, and > compatible to both Linux and Windows path syntax? > Just to avoid potential ambiguity and user confusion (because Unix users

Re: [fossil-users] Is there a way to specify paths relative to checkout's root?

OK, thanks. But, what would be wrong with using / which is closer semantically, and compatible to both Linux and Windows path syntax? From: Stephan Beal Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 7:46 PM To: fossil-users Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Is there a way to specify paths relative to

Re: [fossil-users] Is there a way to specify paths relative to checkout's root?

There's not currently, and if someone wants to implement it i would suggest : as a prefix, since fossil does not allow : in file names (for Windows compatibility). - stephan Sent from a mobile device, possibly from bed. Please excuse brevity, typos, and top-posting. On Sep 7, 2017 18:43,

[fossil-users] Is there a way to specify paths relative to checkout's root?

For example, assuming a checkout tree like this: lib/file a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j/file and while inside the j subdirectory, I want to refer to lib/file by doing something like: fossil tim –p /lib/file instead of fossil tim –p ../../../../../../../../lib/file (and not sure if I got the number of