From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882B31F885 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:46:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728749AbgAKJqg (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:46:36 -0500 Received: from mail-qk1-f173.google.com ([209.85.222.173]:35162 "EHLO mail-qk1-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728743AbgAKJqg (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:46:36 -0500 Received: by mail-qk1-f173.google.com with SMTP id z76so4319071qka.2 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:46:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=WrFcuDUSNJbCZrR2BFFHUVKIlyhDby7GxRrxdtAy8wk=; b=P/5lmMzDlxZWVvhHZbNa0Z3Ob5ftkrMcWLLPuEkAFqT2MopAfN1QgMYjosvuUfkZlH JWF+TEMBqoyZXoULQBJ6BWkO8rPFkZpqDaXHfKp+eUAsdegNccMyJwwKOOc9c9WvZwbj S7FZfnmx0at6JIE8UfNFP5kw/1WLUu5WRUyoWRs19v9GuY/FReM5FLvJGOJBLV21MPnI tLml7UFv1w0lbqDIret5jtUhL4I3Jp9/8EVgvAyN14nVh1Vb7iYDHfVmL/gFv2iaU0FJ xUFrb3FfE48dGBY65aGMISmdTddYGxsoxzhbjeXyoYJolMhJHqTX7xS6GL50hVfdQLex jUmg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=WrFcuDUSNJbCZrR2BFFHUVKIlyhDby7GxRrxdtAy8wk=; b=s7SfTzrlUBxiWQIeFqBNCgDLcIngOfBwgrX+TLJ2Qrcxk+VpMm3ZIFNMesIYXTpJM0 cmt54rbvOde/UTWCh7oFvS1LfY5wqZpblEDKGlfTkLXTl565VWeGkoWEAQ6VYxxWmrM6 SQ0+HXsFR7/8ix+31H9SofYmJQEqr5Ofs2/Dx+D6KNmceT5d8fAdOiQZirWoCcnOobb1 dprkK6eAsW6zoNIgEAtT1x7SdZIXm3XbDLXNYiWYGYqTguU5MpCA/YXEu9rPXeZAt2El /oEKXJ75m0fpOiO53QCI09ELMMxNQr1SujK1Ssw3NTOObZxTD14KDQBS863Y5Sxf6LQW 90tg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWwwjtXy3Uymsr57M90sJk3pYOHdwG9nUz20SEmtAUGI1u+7Wxa N95AXxpF27GAb+WIWbgas2SooGy3edE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqypzKzPiRHIjZYDvkVvFcema5RIt91G3fiRmL5zIFq0110I3RcQRn6TuJNfTUkEDcT14l3M6w== X-Received: by 2002:a37:a1c1:: with SMTP id k184mr7446672qke.66.1578735994811; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:46:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.157] ([152.208.5.91]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l184sm2119755qkc.107.2020.01.11.01.46.34 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:46:34 -0800 (PST) To: git@vger.kernel.org From: Kevin Bowersox Subject: Potential Issue with ls-tree documentation Message-ID: <18b8b8fd-ee38-e1bf-8fae-b719b7b78a75@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:46:33 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Within the ls-tree documentation for Git found here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-ls-tree It mentions the following: the behaviour is slightly different from that of "/bin/ls" in that the  denotes just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying directory name (without |-r|) will behave differently, and order of the arguments does not matter. I'm wondering if this statement is accurate.  Here is my reasoning: When using this form of the command: git ls-tree [] the (assuming this is typically a branch name) must be specified prior to the path, making the order of the arguments matter when issuing the command. If my reasoning is correct I would be glad to submit the changes for review/merge. Appreciate any insights. Kevin Bowersox