Re: Inconsistencies with git log

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:

> On 11/7/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > It is consistent, when you realise that the path arguments are interpreted
> > relative to the project root.
> 
> Then why doesn't this work?
> 
> jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b$ git log Documentation
> all the log for Documentation....
> jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b$ cd Documentation
> jonsmirl@terra:~/mpc5200b/Documentation$ git log Documentation
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'Documentation': unknown revision or path
> not in the working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions

Because you are in the subdirectory Documentation/, relative to the 
project root.  So when you say "Documentation", it tries to find the 
file/directory Documentation/Documentation.

Therefore, just say "git log ." and you will get what you want.

Ciao,
Dscho