Re: [PATCH v3] Teach git to change to a given directory using -C option

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Subject: git: run in a directory given with -C option
>>>
>>> +-C <path>::
>>> +     Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working
>>> +     directory.  When multiple '-C' options are given, each subsequent
>>
>> I think this should be `-C` to typeset it as "typed literally".
>>
>>> +     non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C
>>> +     <path>`.
>>> ++
>>> +This option affects options that expect path name like '--git-dir' and
>>> +'--work-tree' in that their interpretations of the path names would be
>>
>> Likewise for `--git-dir` and `--work-tree`.
>>
>>> +made relative to the working directory caused by the '-C' option. For
>>
>> and here.
>
> I agree with all of the above, however, the unfortunate typesetting in
> these cases was chosen deliberately to be consistent with the
> immediately surrounding text. A separate typesetting normalization
> patch, either before or after this patch, would not be unwelcome. (I
> forgot to make such a suggestion in [1].)
>
> [1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/233719/focus=234234

OK, thanks for clarification.