Re: [BUG?] Path limiting in "git log" when run from another subdir

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:

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In any case, what is the _preferred_ way to path-limit "git log" to
Documentation/RelNotes, when my cwd is t/?

If you want worktree root no matter where you stand, use "git log --
:/Documentation/RelNotes". The idea is ":" starts some "magic" in path
handling, but for now there is only ":/". Or if you don't like magic,
`git rev-parse --git-dir` should give you worktree's root to start
with.

Ah, ok, that's exactly what I wanted. Then I guess "cd t && git log --
/Documentation" should have never worked in the first place, and I
question about "git log -- /Documentation/RelNotes" was misguided.

Thanks for clearing up my confusion.


...Johan

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Johan Herland, [off-list ref]
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