Re: [PATCH v0] sha1_name: grok <revision>:./<relative-path>

["Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Dec 22, 2007 12:50 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> Note that this patch does not handle "../", and neither do I plan to.
> >
> > Junio's rc1 announcement got me to read this. It would be indeed
> > useful as I usually work in deep subdirs. However, from my user
> > perspective, the right approach is to make <treeish>:path always be
> > relative to current directory. If you want absolute path, use
> > <treeish>:/path. More intuitive but it breaks current behavior.
>
> I do not know if you followed the discussion thread, but the
> <treeish>:relative-path has been shown to be broken semantics,
> so even if it may be "intuitive", it is intuitive only to people
> who do not understand the brokenness.  Please read the one that
> Dscho talks about windows drive letter and Linus agrees that is
> a good analogy.
>
> It might be possible to do <commit>:relative and apply that only
> to direct user input, but I do not think it is worth the
> compatibility and complexity hassle.

Argh! I missed that thread. Will shut up now :-X Thanks for the pointer.
-- 
Duy