Re: [PATCH] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> Given my above comments, I personally don't buy this as justification
> for adding a new way of reporting on the skip-worktree bit.  It may
> still make sense to add this feature or something like it, but I
> personally think it deserves separate justification from "`ls-files
> -t` is semi-deprecated".
> ...
> To be honest, I don't yet see any compelling reason to use this new
> option.  Even if this patch is accepted, I'd just continue using "git
> ls-files -t" (both directly and in scripts) in preference to this.
> However, you have inspired me to try to fix up the ls-files
> documentation and remove the "semi-deprecated" label for the -t
> option.

Thanks.  I think that would be the better way forward between the
two (i.e. adding this one-shot new feature vs resurrecting -t).