On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:08:44AM -0800, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > I understand that you can't add arbitrary paths outside of your > > worktree, but if the absolute path specifies something _inside_ your > > worktree then it seems that this is either a bug or a "usability > > shortcoming" if you prefer to avoid the term "bug". > > If I remember correctly this issue was discussed on git mailing list, > and I guess there were even some patches implementing that, but I > don't know what happened iwth them: freeze persiod, troubles with > Cygwin (MS Windows), or what... I think the thread just trailed off, and no replacement patch got submitted. See this thread: http://mid.gmane.org/200712032153.31322.robin.rosenberg.lists@xxxxxxxxxx -Peff - 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