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doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
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Philip Oakley
<philipoakley@iee.org>
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:23:17 +0000
(22:23 +0100)
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Junio C Hamano
<gitster@pobox.com>
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:29:59 +0000
(15:29 -0700)
The Git cli will accept dot '.' (period) as the relative path
to the current repository. Explain this action.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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the paths in the index that match the pattern to be checked out to your
working tree. After running `git add hello.c; rm hello.c`, you will _not_
see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the latter
you will.
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+Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory,
+using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative
+path for your current repository.
Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are
scripting Git: