Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes: > Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@grenoble-inp.fr> writes: > >>>>> This adds %(path) and %(path:short) atoms. The %(path) atom will print >>>>> the path of the given ref, while %(path:short) will only print the >>>>> subdirectory of the given ref. >>>> >>>> What does "path" mean in this context? How is it different from >>>> %(refname)? >>>> >>>> I found the answer below, but I could not guess from the doc and commit >>>> message. Actually, I'm not sure %(path) is the right name. If you want >>>> the "file/directory" analogy, then %(dirname) would be better. >>>> >>> >>> Noted will change. >> >> Note: I don't completely like %(dirname) either. I'm convinced it's >> better than %(path), but there may be a better option. > > Is that a derived form of the refname, just like %(refname:short) > that is 'master' for a ref whose %(refname) is 'refs/heads/master' > is a derived form of %(refname), and ":short" is what tells the > formatting machinery what kind of derivation is desired? > > If so would %(refname:dir) & %(refname:base) be more in line with > the overall structure?
Yes, indeed much better. It's still about the refnames, so a specialized version of %(refname) makes much more sense than a new atom. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
