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=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 9E23720954 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:56:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751470AbdKVV4k (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:56:40 -0500 Received: from mail-it0-f68.google.com ([209.85.214.68]:40822 "EHLO mail-it0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751303AbdKVV4j (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:56:39 -0500 Received: by mail-it0-f68.google.com with SMTP id 72so8077432itl.5 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:56:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=6k060ccPiyMZ1vjlSl5AAII7sO9ETIN+yKOzycGhPF4=; b=oSuahd6v76dcZVncB1LPTBfQegzW01WlmFiMPEGMjVHNvd180rtCoZkb8vblZeFPKp SmYq5YcmL3LDDuBJg2Xs/F7+sUAltgbJsjI7PwVOG2yGHqDcO6XIkHVfmQ3OLUa4kgRe 0m6MFd/yEU/qui3OENDtc+CK93wZWtwJALKBW0iYBuk964hLPB6DImc/pp3/wRFWPuf+ tjw7gpM8WxfEl4o6dhj44MCiznQbDzCJHxKz1t9n9kXhJWIVUCLBqSCAqMOCwbGNdRKJ 56oWQZHc3PtzW4L0X/ZZ5SbhpZNGV9CjUfjhFkLKy9PNsImsOVshi0WoGFJJsjzcRTmM YA9w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=6k060ccPiyMZ1vjlSl5AAII7sO9ETIN+yKOzycGhPF4=; b=hMHQf18uUGfjg9E3SPcyreoB8qy95nKqxkfDXSqAnpO7D/I9ApcLpB0FERGgpnP7O8 dyG7yJOL7vB/oCs/ejUXm3x30nGT1wPISGSIEL82xN/6SMgKwdv1SZGNyAFyDnsYraDI 2ebGnosI1CxPLS+kAey8+Pbr+UWu0ANPuZ2Bf6l+BeI5f6QjpG8KR/okwY9i0zTkJ/Zu IyTMqAAyEE2OwvKmcvj5M0JicsGrIQ6iTB4C7VgD0DqbFOGe7ObLPtzSBJ2Hkx+3xzaj Zw8vXzwiHBR83Z/1fABuKhz+7YNyKSIwR08dRaI6i0KGmLLQ4vFmnU7bcFMb8IsG+BRz xuJw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX5rgEQwQA0b9cT94g4OHucBgWNvkNZNE2Csudnir39WV6eVX82I DoeesAcuNoeEB1igXuETy9c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMabiL2dmSXq8yURFlBMqab1sG6bq8hlZyNTkOkjslPtrAQVpb8bszQsWxb8/vTcWnb1uZJmiw== X-Received: by 10.36.249.134 with SMTP id l128mr9041658ith.12.1511387798607; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:56:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from aiede.mtv.corp.google.com ([2620:0:100e:422:4187:1d6c:d3d6:9ce6]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 97sm6406475ioh.22.2017.11.22.13.56.37 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:56:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:56:35 -0800 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Jeff King Cc: Nathan Neulinger , Santiago Torres , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: git status always modifies index? Message-ID: <20171122215635.GE11671@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171122211729.GA2854@sigill> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 12:27:20PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> That said, I wonder if this use case is an illustration that a name >> like --no-lock-index (as was used in Git for Windows when this feature >> first appeared) or --no-refresh-on-disk-index (sorry, I am terrible at >> coming up with option names) would make the feature easier to >> discover. [...] > Or maybe just living with the minor philosophical rough edges, > since it seems OK in practice. To be clear, my concern is not philosophical but practical: I'm saying if it's a "git status" option (or at least shows up in the "git status" manpage) and it is memorably about $GIT_DIR/index (at least mentions that in its description) then it is more likely to help people. Thanks, Jonathan