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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support ent:relative_path
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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> (soon after 1.5.2)
>=20
> =A0- start accepting "<something>:./<path>" as "relative to where I a=
m".
> =A0- start accepting "<something>:?<string>" as "look back to find
> =A0 =A0the string".
> =A0- clearly explain the plan and prepare the users.
>=20
> (a big release in the future, perhaps 1.6.0)
>=20
> =A0- "<something>:<path>" becomes relative to where you are.
> =A0- stop "<something>:/<string>" and start "<something>:/<fullpath>"=
=2E

I'm not sure about "<tree-ish>:<path>" with <path> being relative by
default. For me it is <path> in <tree-ish> (like in=20
"git-ls-tree -r <tree-ish>" result).

The "<tree-ish>:./<path>" is a good syntax I think.

--=20
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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