From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dana How" Subject: Re: An alternate model for preparing partial commits Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:20:27 -0700 Message-ID: <56b7f5510806271120s2c9d6d87m4f4d2ab8645c187b@mail.gmail.com> References: <9af502e50806262350t6e794a92g7751147f1882965@mail.gmail.com> <9af502e50806271014l661dcfc9o4f61ee2b54677bd6@mail.gmail.com> <9af502e50806271049m4015b0b7nbb1c4c94a4e1a2f4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Johannes Schindelin" , "Git Mailing List" , danahow@gmail.com To: "Robert Anderson" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jun 27 20:21:27 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KCIZa-00074f-JQ for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:21:27 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757182AbYF0SUa (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:20:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757122AbYF0SUa (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:20:30 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]:60045 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757082AbYF0SU3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:20:29 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id h2so5735ugf.16 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:20:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=SoFP7gXG8FTPRIbkscdJjPspWXKwHWqgxeH4hjWW23I=; b=us42blPkIBKxXXEvl5mFJ4KX5sGnfcNNzMMfOsIOi0xp40DVr2dcG7KWoSzfsU/GQi G1d60I8lOb7/7tSYYiGqtKXxxTs3/XxGLb2EZLHFQwQgZIaDks99mKoLIwmwozzGL0i4 ZjtW8MizvDMeQVPr3hVODcEk6leGeL25KoG4A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=KIjN3+mp+vd8y7xj4jkTEcLzJJBCAZBhRD/L2UHko3eRXuZ1gZiqBnazBS3auU7h6B O41eQBi4sp+CByef48Q6Aj++us+HNMouI7umenFCIiWb9d3RjaCiyUfatLH8vhF9EbiO ElEXOzrbV8VaCoq/XuA1SGy/D6LVFv7Qs9U5g= Received: by 10.78.162.4 with SMTP id k4mr549634hue.43.1214590827203; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.130.7 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:20:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9af502e50806271049m4015b0b7nbb1c4c94a4e1a2f4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Robert Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Robert Anderson wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Johannes Schindelin >>> wrote: >>> >>> > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Robert Anderson wrote: >>> > >>> >> Seems to me the concept of the "index" is a half-baked version of >>> >> what I really want, which is the ability to factor a working tree's >>> >> changes into its constituent parts in preparation for committing >>> >> them. >>> > >>> > Half-baked is probably too strong a word. >>> >>> It is too subtle. That the index state - which becomes the next >>> committed state - is not available for building or testing before >>> committing is a deep flaw. >>> >>> > Now, this is not necessarily what everybody wants, which is why many >>> > people are fine with the index. >>> >>> But it is something they should want, and should have, if they care >>> about the quality of their commits. >> >> This is too narrow-minded a view for me. >> >> No longer interested, >> Dscho >> > > Here's a patch to match the local culture: "It is incredible how > stupid the idea of the index is." > > Clearly you should now be interested. > > Thanks, > Bob I guess I'm not interested in the over-generalizations. ;-) But the ability to use e.g. some stash-like feature (as suggested above) to easily make the index-state (about to be committed) fully available for compiling/processing/testing without losing edits not yet ready for commit is an extra feature we would use here at least some of the time. I will admit it's currently not the "itch" at the top of my list. Thanks, -- Dana L. How danahow@gmail.com +1 650 804 5991 cell