From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt: Add a caveat about prefixing pathspec
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:47:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722224759.GJ32184@machine.or.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vd4l6sqqz.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 05:32:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
>
> >> commit. E.g.
> >>
> >> $ cd some/deep/path
> >> $ git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD~20
> >>
> >> will list the files in some/deep/path (i.e. where you are) 20
> >> commits ago, just like running "/bin/ls" there will give you the
> >> list of files you have right now.
> >
> > Frankly, I think this is overdoing it. I'm all for being positive, but
> > it is obvious why this is good thing when you inspect a root tree and
> > there's no need to be too wordy about it...
>
> I mildly disagree.
We may throw a dice or go with your version, I don't care *that* much
about this change, I just wouldn't make it personally.
> If the person had truly understood that, why do we even have this thread
> to begin with?
To nudge the person to the "aha" moment.
> Description on *what* it does (i.e. "like what ls -a does in the current
> working directory" we have in the Description section) obviously was not
> good enough.
I don't understand; what does auto-prefixing have to do with the
"ls -a" mention?
> It will be better understood if you describe *why* it does
> it that way at the same time.
My version implies that for examining the root tree, without surplusage.
--
Petr "Pasky" Baudis
As in certain cults it is possible to kill a process if you know
its true name. -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-22 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-20 22:25 [PATCH] Add a notice to the doc of git-ls-tree Steve Frécinaux
2008-07-20 23:08 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-20 23:22 ` Steve Frécinaux
2008-07-20 23:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-20 23:39 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-21 7:56 ` [PATCH] Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt: Add a caveat about prefixing pathspec Petr Baudis
2008-07-21 8:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-21 21:04 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-22 0:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22 22:47 ` Petr Baudis [this message]
2008-07-28 0:46 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-28 1:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-28 9:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-21 8:45 ` Steve Frécinaux
2008-07-20 23:53 ` [PATCH] Add a notice to the doc of git-ls-tree Junio C Hamano
2008-07-21 0:08 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-21 0:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-21 0:22 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-21 4:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-21 7:47 ` Petr Baudis
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