Hi, On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > > The -p<num> came from patch where it is also called --strip=num. > > This new option --root is about the reverse operation and it is about > > inserting at the beginning --- it is rerooting, in other words, but > > then --root is good enough and shorter. mkisofs uses the word "graft" > > when it allows tree shifting (enabled with --graft-points), but the > > word "graft" means a totally different thing to us, so we would not > > want to use that word. > > > > I am not complaining (--root is fine by me), but just thinking aloud, > > hoping somebody's brainwave is provoked while reading this babbling > > and comes up with a better wording ;-). > > > > There is an analogous concept in patch(1), it's just implemented by > cd'ing to a subdirectory first. ;) Hey, "--cd=" is free! And it would make explaining easier why -p is applied first. Ciao, Dscho -- 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
