Package: git-core
Version: 1:1.5.4.3-1
# for big repos or at initial imports this can be very counter-productive
Severity: important
Tags: upstream
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There are very frequent scenarios when is desirable to limit the status command just to a directory
or a set of files in the repo.
I would have expected that "git status ." to show me only the status for the files under the current
directory under any circumstances, not the whole repo with filenames relative to the current
directory. What is the purpose of such behaviour?
e.g.:
0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/usr/src/wormux/git-full/po $ git status .
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
# modified: Makefile.am
#
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# ../.snprj/
# ../Makefile
# ../Makefile.in
# ../aclocal.m4
# ../autom4te.cache/
# ../config.log
# ../config.rpath
# ../config.status
# ../configure
# ../data/Makefile
# ../data/Makefile.in
# ../doc/Makefile
# ../doc/Makefile.in
# ../en.po
# Makefile
# Makefile.in
# wormux.pot
# ../sn.proj
# ../src/.deps/
# ../src/Makefile
# ../src/Makefile.in
# ../src/config.h
# ../src/config.h.in
# ../src/stamp-h1
# ../src/wormux
Thanks a lot for hiding useful information under seas of references to files in others directories
than the ones under my current position!
I would have expected an output like:
# On branch master (search limit '.')
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
# modified: Makefile.am
#
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# Makefile
# Makefile.in
# wormux.pot
Which would have been meaningful and useful.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2-bounty
Debian Release: lenny/sid
900 testing snapshot.debian.net
900 testing security.debian.org
900 testing ftp.ro.debian.org
10 unstable ftp.ro.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=====================================-+-==============
cpio | 2.9-11
libc6 (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-6
libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2-1) | 7.18.0-1
libdigest-sha1-perl | 2.11-2
liberror-perl | 0.17-1
libexpat1 (>= 1.95.8) | 1.95.8-4
perl-modules | 5.8.8-12
zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11
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Regards,
EddyP
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
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