Comments on: getting an old file in git from a directory than no longer exists https://www.selikoff.net/2016/09/24/getting-an-old-file-in-git-from-a-directory-than-no-longer-exists/ Java/J2EE Software Development and Technology Discussion Blog Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net/2016/09/24/getting-an-old-file-in-git-from-a-directory-than-no-longer-exists/comment-page-1/#comment-180440 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:08:41 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=6870#comment-180440 In reply to Andrew Monkhouse.

Thanks Andrew. I got rid of the literal in the second code snippet. For the first one, WordPress was being way too helpful so I switched to a pre tag. It was right in the HTML i posted originally!

]]> By: Andrew Monkhouse https://www.selikoff.net/2016/09/24/getting-an-old-file-in-git-from-a-directory-than-no-longer-exists/comment-page-1/#comment-180366 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:28:42 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=6870#comment-180366 And your blog software converts my comments in the same way! :-/ Try to clarify:

Umm, double dashes are the (--). Hopefully the comment about smart quotes are understandable – if not reach out to me. And the other one was regarding an  

]]> By: Andrew Monkhouse https://www.selikoff.net/2016/09/24/getting-an-old-file-in-git-from-a-directory-than-no-longer-exists/comment-page-1/#comment-180364 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:25:10 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=6870#comment-180364 Great post. I’m creating a scriptlet around this, since this comes up fairly commonly at work.

Microsoft Word strikes again!

It has “helpfully” converted your double dashes (–) to em dashes (–), and it has made your single quotes (‘) into smart quotes (‘’).

You also have a literal   in your second code snippet.

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