Re: [PATCH/alternative/raw and rough] setup.c: denote repo wide pathspecs by ':'

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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 16:01, Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have to say I'm really excited about how transparently this works
>> across all kinds of commands, and how suggestive this is with rev:path
>> in mind.
>
> I like it, especially considering how small the impact on the codebase
> is. The downside is (once again) backwards compatibility though, I
> haven't heard much on how to address that, other than "just quote it"
> (which _I_ think is fine, people with filenames that start with fancy
> characters are probably used to quoting them anyway)

Yeah. And if this is accepted, the "git add -u (without dot)" issue
may cool down. I personally don't mind typing "git add -u :" (or "git
add -u :/").
-- 
Duy
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