From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: Inconsistencies with git log Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:51:55 +0900 Message-ID: <87d4uhaf3o.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <9e4733910711071415i1729e277u6be19b72cd682a85@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910711071445p7cfb6cffx83adb1d84d6bf9d8@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910711071503va92a653s25fd978989d5917d@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Johannes Schindelin" , "Git Mailing List" To: "Jon Smirl" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Nov 10 23:52:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IqzBZ-0006X3-6i for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:52:17 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755119AbXKJWwB (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:52:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755092AbXKJWwB (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:52:01 -0500 Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]:52117 "EHLO smtp02.dentaku.gol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754884AbXKJWwA (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:52:00 -0500 Received: from 203-216-100-114.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.114] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1IqzBF-000815-E1; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:51:57 +0900 Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA5B02FF6; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:51:55 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <9e4733910711071503va92a653s25fd978989d5917d@mail.gmail.com> (Jon Smirl's message of "Wed\, 7 Nov 2007 18\:03\:12 -0500") X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "Jon Smirl" writes: > But if you type 'git log' while cd'd into a subdirectory the whole log > is almost never what you want. It's this kind of thing that makes git > harder to use. Actually I almost always want the "whole project history" when cd'd to a subdir. Git's convention of doing the whole project by default, but allowing "." (or any other directory name) to narrow it down seems almost perfect to me. -Miles -- "Don't just question authority, Don't forget to question me." -- Jello Biafra