From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support "core.excludesfile = ~/.gitignore" Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:40:21 -0700 Message-ID: <7vhc9aj82i.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7vsksw92nh.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vprnyqo59.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080824220854.GA27299@coredump.intra.peff.net> <7vzln2j9y2.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080824231343.GC27619@coredump.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Karl Chen , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 25 01:41:35 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 1KXPDC-0005gC-6V for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:41:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753126AbYHXXk2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:40:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753032AbYHXXk2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:40:28 -0400 Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:42922 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752992AbYHXXk2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:40:28 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5DC46E536; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:40:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (ip68-225-240-211.oc.oc.cox.net [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D8716E535; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:40:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20080824231343.GC27619@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:13:43 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0761DDB4-7236-11DD-B2BB-B29498D589B0-77302942!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jeff King writes: >> Perhaps we should rid of the worktree that is separate and floats >> unrelated to where $GIT_DIR is. > > I assumed people were actually using it, which is why it was > implemented. Judging from the occasional "I tried core.worktree but it does not work in this and that situations" I see here and on #git, my impression is that new people try it, saying "git is cool -- unlike cvs that sprinkles those ugly CVS directories all over the place, it only contaminates my work tree with a single directory '.git' and nothing else. Ah, wait --- what's this core.worktree thing? Can I get rid of that last one as well? That sounds even cooler". IOW, I do not think it is really _needed_ per-se as a feature, but it was done because it was thought to be doable, which unfortunately turned out to involve hair-pulling complexity that the two attempts that led to the current code still haven't resolved. I really wish we do not have to worry about that anymore.