On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] magic pathspec: futureproof shorthand form > > ... > > Also make ':' without anything else to mean "there is no pathspec". ÂThis > would allow differences between "git log" and "git log ." run from the top > level of the working tree (the latter simplifies no-op commits away from > the history) to be expressed from a subdirectory by saying "git log :". I need someone to enlighten me again. Why do we need ":" for "no pathspec" when we can simply specify no pathspec for the same effect? "git log" and "git log ." at top worktree are not different because any changes in the tree will make top tree object different, hence no pruning (unless someone commits the same tree, which is really rare). So - "git log" in subdirectory is exactly the same as "git log" at top. - "git log :/" in subdir can do whatever "git log ." at top can. - "git log ." in subdir will prune commits that does not change subdir (current behavior) I don't (or no longer) see the point of reserving ":" for "no pathspec". -- Duy -- 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