On 5/4/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote:
(1) we say it was a mistake that we did not make it relative to the current directory when we introduced the X:<path> syntax (X could be empty or :[0-3]: for index, or a commit or tree object name), and change the semantics in a future major release for everybody, apologizing for potentially breaking existing scripts; or
That would be my first prio preference
(2) keep the current behaviour as is, and come up with a different syntax to use relative; or (3) do nothing. My preference is (2), (3) and then (1), but I do not have offhand a suggestion for a good metacharacter we could use.
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