Re: log/show: relative pathnames do not work in rev:path

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

Dnia wtorek 18. grudnia 2007 23:20, Alex Riesen napisał:
> Jakub Narebski, Tue, Dec 18, 2007 22:24:26 +0100:

>> Not "relative to project root". Relative to tree-ish used on right hand
>> side in <tree-ish>:<path> extended SHA-1 syntax. It is usually project
>> root, because when you specify <commit> or <tag> as <tree-ish> it refers
>> to top/root directory of a project.
> 
> I know. My problem: it is also awkward. git-show :test-l<Tab>ib.sh just
> does not do what I expect. Nor does git cat-file HEAD:test-l<Tab>ib.sh.
> And git cat-file HEAD:t/test-l<Tab> does not work at all. And this is
> very simple example. Normally the pathnames are about 100 characters
> long.

Doesn't bash completion (or zsh compltion) for git implement this?
Let me check... it does

 $ . contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
 $ git cat-file -p HEAD:t/test-<TAB>
 $ git cat-file -p HEAD:t/test-lib.sh    # autocompleted

It does work correctly also from within t/ directory.

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Jakub Narebski
Poland