From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3CF92022A for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2016 16:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753494AbcKGQyp (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:54:45 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:62103 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932684AbcKGQyo (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:54:44 -0500 Received: from virtualbox ([37.24.142.46]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MCfcc-1bvVjZ2rtC-009MyS; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:54:39 +0100 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:54:39 +0100 (CET) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: Felix Nairz cc: sbeller@google.com, git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: git -C has unexpected behaviour In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:whD1S6OLO73DlF9gY8i1lzstRpq7ZAp2r2Ayba60DgC4nNxK10o 4CixpXByLdkUwSw55RH5SayPiPuVkNotXLDGe73nK7l6L16sz/QSeltu6/obxGg+oycHTHk 1CHk6hOhIgYZbAtazWku/IlZe3u8p9+8IDXWH+Q9rykRVOSltQMahFVeKL6dLM3bJ8S53BZ qz6VsZ+rk9ClGyAK+RF2g== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:GFjHn6Hd8V0=:8ju329Au52QqhDvEM/sEUB Hzw8jGjs/7fsV0ftHdg96kEVJ5VR11rJTSU4r+mEf07A/x0NnHCnd44gxLrIEmoadb+kW1cYh p3Psmz+tq+vruaK2/9k+MjoUvoHP0/nfdgput0DD95SL7LWpu+qjIjQzzp0EuyKSuXsfgy2G5 XhQpHd1aztZiMX2TzPGrupvFJW7TKtsWvRLpKJjIFp8I9HgtU34PMgxp3FMUnqDxNfMbWiMbB k/KQ85kan1I6ZsPuXfid9rrWmxY8ozH3S/SjlXLMpFXMIAbUFkGEpgXGpbSaid4C9DfT2cg/2 qf9SDE/mCSpxFTUXs4CJaqaUIas9wrX+XtA/zhnxC40u2Lt1CtpGQtzHAvdh4j0PKzoY8IoL8 EvgGRFd4mbA8KEHVIgrnxzsdYYr5h6+xbNEIVevdbDied7PMViw8LVL6w8BPTUJyVhrDydo13 b+2VlKgYN4wiwZ3pwTMolUWZ8P0LSsOjOBKnWgvF9MaEpeeKhB0IhvC/1rJ0Mg/13pCO3IVjK czMiLkV96DvcwFGuYxsYKKvReA17YoHAJR+bbLBwIGf5AETT385K7LpqhyUhxAaJnqE/vRhth E6a/xBEHXpMbw5q9yR04F08zQHKQMpeKTtM3wxzoA/g61YWydDyPNjekoBIGSLUpHhT5xNkcg LjJVsib16PQxPQnVwEZQidtSgU68qCWvYREQhUu2qx808JXf1WcQp9vYZUxanc2Qge7aXBAhf SQGROB6v+50c1RXKifDE5Bnf/qpjE7/jC0YkFj+smFMKDuxfLj4xXFV1tsXv0PbhoJwo4ACB8 WZPFNsH Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Felix, On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Felix Nairz wrote: > From what you are saying I can see that this expects as designed. It's > confusing in the submodule case, but I get you don't want to add extra > rules which slow down performance and mess with other people at the > same time. The "messing with other people" is the key point. There are most likely other users than just me who use the fact that `git -C sub/directory/ ...` works in a subdirectory of a checkout. Ciao, Johannes