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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] grep: use '/' delimiter for paths
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:19:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170120141954.xyocl6oqoykqmpl5@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170120141212.GC17499@stefanha-x1.localdomain>

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 02:12:12PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:

> I find <rev>:<path> vs <rev> -- <path> confusing:
> 
>             | <rev>:<path>         | <rev> -- <path>
>   ----------+----------------------+---------------------
>   git grep  | OK                   | OK
>   ----------+----------------------+---------------------
>   git show  | OK                   | <path> ignored
>   ----------+----------------------+---------------------
>   git log   | no output            | OK
>   ----------+----------------------+---------------------
> 
> Neither syntax always does what I expect.  If git show <rev> -- <path>
> honored <path> then I could use that syntax consistently.
> 
> Sorry for going on a tangent.  Does it seem reasonable to handle <path>
> in git-show(1) as a UI convenience?

It's not ignored; just as with git-log, it's a pathspec to limit the
diff. E.g.:

  $ git show --name-status v2.9.3
  ...
  M       Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.3.txt
  M       Documentation/git.txt
  M       GIT-VERSION-GEN

  $ git show --name-status v2.9.3 -- Documentation
  M       Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.3.txt
  M       Documentation/git.txt

That's typically less useful than it is with log (where limiting the
diff also kicks in history simplification and omits some commits
entirely). But it does do something.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-20 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-19 15:03 [RFC 0/2] grep: make output consistent with revision syntax Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-19 15:03 ` [RFC 1/2] grep: only add delimiter if there isn't one already Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-19 18:39   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-20 13:56     ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-20 18:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-23 13:15         ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-24 19:07           ` Jakub Narębski
2017-01-24 20:48             ` Philip Oakley
2017-01-19 15:03 ` [RFC 2/2] grep: use '/' delimiter for paths Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-19 18:29   ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-20 14:17     ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-19 18:54   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-20 14:12     ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-20 14:19       ` Jeff King [this message]
2017-01-20 22:56         ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-23 13:29           ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-24 17:18             ` Phil Hord
2017-01-19 16:59 ` [RFC 0/2] grep: make output consistent with revision syntax Jeff King
2017-01-19 18:26   ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-20 14:18   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-01-20 14:32     ` Jeff King

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