On 2006-08-11 00:50:12 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > By default, the command shows pathnames relative to the project > root, even when run from a subdirectory. With --relative flag, > however, the command outputs pathnames relative to the current > directory. > > This makes it very pleasant to run in Emacs compilation (or > "grep-find") buffer. [...] > * Now the question is, shouldn't this be the default, with the > current output available as an option --full-name, just like > ls-files? > > Changing the default always risks breaking people's habit and > scripts, but I tend to think the current output is a misfeature > which we'd better fix sooner rather than later. I think this behavior should be the default, precisely because it otherwise breaks the habits formed during use of plain "grep". -- Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com www.treskal.com/kalle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Fri Aug 11 22:04:31 2006
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