Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:42:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Yeah, I believe "." at the front of a directory component is explicitly >> > forbidden by check_ref_format. I don't recall whether there was a >> > specific rationale, or whether it was simply a can of worms we didn't >> > want to explore. >> >> Is "log foo...bar" a symmetric difference between foo and bar, or is it an >> assymmetric one from foo and .bar? > > Thanks, I was sure there was a simple example of how it would make > things ambiguous, but for some reason I couldn't think of one. Of course, it points at an existing bug as well. --- the example could mean an asymmetric difference from foo. to bar ;-) -- 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