From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB7620A40 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751285AbdK0E4o (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:56:44 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:51106 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751126AbdK0E4o (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:56:44 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6588FB1D3F; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:56:43 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=aQevqAyxBDOqgq/mbG3nkcze5V0=; b=wuyD6k ssBhiqifzdxzthPsLpuCrTlqGzumC6p8G+hXVVNxKhlWTv3fzlhDsx1vu7hkYjyG N7BijzMuGK4aLhvhEComBuk9pKhHKF2SMaH+V09FH2rjxxoeTwpbFTQ1VeD7qLlw PQ4etByw6rYaIWldKU9KZ3cBcCAgKPMQ2wYMc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=flWtLQPpLsiUofxf4L12jGykgEqMSPPp 1PEkZxb2lX3+W9j5wNyD7l8V3uLXeNrCsr1+W/9YX2PYm7C3zZpUEinGTIj4r+gx dxIWuZlbk8KOLJjuLoSr0YjEq51FMjICCjZ0Vp5IyVymoVDeeoMYMUA8yeyNXl4l 576825k3oN0= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C801B1D3E; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:56:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CBB4FB1D3D; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:56:42 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: Jonathan Nieder , Nathan Neulinger , Santiago Torres , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: git status always modifies index? References: <20171122153028.olssotkcf3dd6ron@LykOS.localdomain> <5050d779-2981-6f06-49f7-0ecb4efb25b8@neulinger.org> <20171122161014.djkdygmclk227xmq@LykOS.localdomain> <20171122202720.GD11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <20171122211729.GA2854@sigill> <20171122215635.GE11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <20171122220627.GE2854@sigill> <20171127044314.GA6236@sigill> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:56:41 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20171127044314.GA6236@sigill> (Jeff King's message of "Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:43:14 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5C987AEA-D32F-11E7-82E9-8EF31968708C-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > I actually consider "--no-optional-locks" to be such an aspirational > feature. I didn't go digging for other cases (though I'm fairly certain > that "diff" has one), but hoped to leave it for further bug reports ("I > used the option, ran command X, and saw lock contention"). OK, then we are essentially on the same page. I just was hoping that we can restrain ourselves from adding these "non essential" knobs at too fine granularity, ending up forcing end users to use all of them.