Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote: >> >> But --follow=<filename> with <pathspec> can be useful, e.g. when <pathspec> >> is a directory (or, perhaps in the future, glob), which would mean "follow >> the contents indicated in starting hash by <filename>, and stop following >> when it falls out outside given <pathspec>, in our case given directory". > > Yes, that would indeed make sense. The pathspec ends up being kept as a > "limiter", and basically tells you what the "context" for following is > allowed to be. > > Color me convinced. Likewise. - To unsubscribe from this list: 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