From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Cc: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>,
git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "git add" and absolute paths
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:32:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080128183223.GA31140@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33asi9jxp.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:08:44AM -0800, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > I understand that you can't add arbitrary paths outside of your
> > worktree, but if the absolute path specifies something _inside_ your
> > worktree then it seems that this is either a bug or a "usability
> > shortcoming" if you prefer to avoid the term "bug".
>
> If I remember correctly this issue was discussed on git mailing list,
> and I guess there were even some patches implementing that, but I
> don't know what happened iwth them: freeze persiod, troubles with
> Cygwin (MS Windows), or what...
I think the thread just trailed off, and no replacement patch got
submitted. See this thread:
http://mid.gmane.org/200712032153.31322.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com
-Peff
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-28 18:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-28 12:32 "git add" and absolute paths Wincent Colaiuta
2008-01-28 12:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-28 13:08 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-01-28 18:32 ` Jeff King [this message]
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