RE: [RFE/RFC] format-patch/diff via path

2018-01-19 Thread Randall S. Becker
On January 20, 2018 2:15 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Randall S. Becker" writes: > > > I’m still a bit perplexed by some behaviour seen today, and am looking > > for a clean way to deal with it that the documentation does not make > > clear. So, I’m asking in a different

Re: [RFE/RFC] format-patch/diff via path

2018-01-19 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: > I’m still a bit perplexed by some behaviour seen today, and am looking for a > clean way to deal with it that the documentation does not make clear. So, I’m > asking in a different way. Suppose a graph of > > A---B---C---D---E > \ \

[RFE/RFC] format-patch/diff via path

2018-01-19 Thread Randall S. Becker
I’m still a bit perplexed by some behaviour seen today, and am looking for a clean way to deal with it that the documentation does not make clear. So, I’m asking in a different way. Suppose a graph of A---B---C---D---E \ \ / \F—G/ When trying to perform a