Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
From: "Junio C Hamano" Philip Oakley writes: The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path, and thus the current repository. Explain this action. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- This updates 431260cc8dd It appears that the original has already been merged to 'next', so we need to make this incremental on top. I'll queue this on top. Thank you, that looks good. -- >8 -- From: Philip Oakley Subject: doc/cli: make "dot repository" an independent bullet point The way to spell the current repository with a '.' dot is independent from how the pathspec allows globs expanded by Git. Make them two separate bullet items in the enumeration. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 1672842..24e1784 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -58,10 +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. + + * 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 and means your current repository. Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are scripting Git: -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
Philip Oakley writes: > The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path, > and thus the current repository. Explain this action. > > Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley > --- > > This updates 431260cc8dd It appears that the original has already been merged to 'next', so we need to make this incremental on top. I'll queue this on top. -- >8 -- From: Philip Oakley Subject: doc/cli: make "dot repository" an independent bullet point The way to spell the current repository with a '.' dot is independent from how the pathspec allows globs expanded by Git. Make them two separate bullet items in the enumeration. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 1672842..24e1784 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -58,10 +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. + + * 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 and means your current repository. Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are scripting Git: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
