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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2013-09-13 22:23:17 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-09-13 15:29:59 -0700
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doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
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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@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ 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: