On 2020-11-06 at 00:51:10, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Ah, thank you.  So if I am understanding the above and [1] correctly,
> this means:
> 
> - when a path is within a repository, converting it to a path relative
>   to the repository root
> 
> - when a path is not within a repository, learning so
> 
> and that making relative paths with ../../ portion that exits the
> repository is *not* an important part of this use case (though it
> could be useful for other things).

Correct.  I felt that adding an --absolute option would be less
beneficial than both an absolute and a relative option, so I implemented
a more generic solution, even though my use case didn't require it.

> Thanks much.  I think this tells me enough to understand the series.

Sure, thanks for asking.
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US