From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [BUG] gitk fails with argument that is both existing directory and branch name Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:44:19 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <20070703202301.GA24071@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Uwe Kleine-K?nig , git@vger.kernel.org To: Linus Torvalds X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jul 04 00:44:32 2007 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I5r6k-0000On-B8 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:44:30 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751529AbXGCWo1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:44:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751803AbXGCWo1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:44:27 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:40953 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751075AbXGCWo1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:44:27 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Jul 2007 22:44:25 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO localhost) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp003) with SMTP; 04 Jul 2007 00:44:25 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+AjVtFfLyAKemMOlBkzvURAl7EfECtrr+eS1lhlk Hp1Id3w8hqcbQK X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > Umm. Why don't you just use gitk linus/master..fixes? This is how we > > teach people to use rev-list anyway. > > No, Uwe is right. There's a bug somewhere. I never questioned that there is a bug. I was only wondering why he used that ambiguous way to specify a range, when a range is clearly what he wants. Ah well. I'll look into it. Ciao, Dscho