Re: [RFC/PATCH] commit: allow partial commits with relative paths

Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] writes:

The one reported by the OP for commit:

git rm ../a
git commit -m "blurb" ../a
error: pathspec '../a' did not match any file(s) known to git.

That does look like a bug given that (starting from a state where that
"../a" is a tracked file that appear in the HEAD commit):

	git rm ../a
        (cd .. && git commit -m "removed a" a)

does work. For "git add ../a" after removing the path from both index and
the working tree, see my other message.