From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Subject: Re: got log and subdirectories?
To: gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:38:15 +0100

Stefan Sperling:

> > The fact that you even can specify "." as a path is not obvious.
> 
> I would documented it in EXAMPLES.
> 
> ok?

Sure.

> --- got/got.1
> +++ got/got.1
> @@ -1445,6 +1445,20 @@ via the repository's HEAD reference, respectively:
>  .Pp
>  .Dl $ got log -p -l 3
>  .Pp
> +In a work tree or a git repository directory, log the history of a subdirectory:
> +.Pp
> +.Dl $ got log sys/uvm
> +.Pp
> +While operating inside a work tree, paths are specified relative to the current
> +working directory, so this command will log the subdirectory
> +.Pa sys/uvm :
> +.Pp
> +.Dl $ cd sys/uvm && got log '.'
> +.Pp
> +And this command has the same effect:
> +.Pp
> +.Dl $ cd sys/dev/usb && got log ../../uvm
> +.Pp
>  Add new files and remove obsolete files in a work tree directory:
>  .Pp
>  .Dl $ got add sys/uvm/uvm_ubc.c

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de