On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:50:12AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > By default, the command shows pathnames relative to the project > root, even when run from a subdirectory. With --relative flag, > however, the command outputs pathnames relative to the current > directory. > > This makes it very pleasant to run in Emacs compilation (or > "grep-find") buffer. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> > --- > > * Now the question is, shouldn't this be the default, with > the current output available as an option --full-name, just > like ls-files? > > Changing the default always risks breaking people's habit and > scripts, but I tend to think the current output is a > misfeature which we'd better fix sooner rather than later. > > Opinions? I always felt confused when path was relative to root of .git directory and not relative to current directory. But I never looked into changing this or reporting it - so it has not been a big issue. Sam - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html