From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Carl Worth Subject: Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless" Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:44:34 -0800 Message-ID: <87u00b0zx9.wl%cworth@cworth.org> References: <87odqm2ppv.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <4571DB40.6020800@vilain.net> <7vd570q888.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v8xhnm9o6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Dec__4_19:44:23_2006-1"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 03:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Junio C Hamano , Linus Torvalds , git@vger.kernel.org, Sam Vilain Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.14.0 (Africa) Emacs/21.4 Mule/5.0 (SAKAKI) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GrRFA-0001yZ-2w for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:45:20 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968068AbWLEDpQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:45:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968067AbWLEDpQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:45:16 -0500 Received: from cworth.org ([217.160.249.188]:58600 "EHLO theworths.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968068AbWLEDpO (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:45:14 -0500 Received: (qmail 3468 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2006 22:45:12 -0500 Received: from localhost (HELO raht.cworth.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Dec 2006 22:45:12 -0500 To: Nicolas Pitre Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org --pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Dec__4_19:44:23_2006-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:29:13 -0500 (EST), Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Hmph. Wouldn't this lossage the same as the lossage we are > > removing the "safety valve" for, when "commit --only" jumps the > > index? > > Losing an intermediate file state is much less severe than losing the > latest file state I would think. Or, in fact, the _only_ state, (if using git-rm to "undo" a git-add of a new file, for instance). And as for "jumping" the intermediate state without the safety valve of "git commit files..." I'm waiting to hear what Junio has to say about my "two conceptually distinct commit commands" proposal which would provide a way to avoid that, (the user just indicates whether it's index content or working-tree content that is to be committed). -Carl --pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Dec__4_19:44:23_2006-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFdOsi6JDdNq8qSWgRApT2AJwNptUKqgsRsEFv89RfeS6GML18CQCdGUK5 J8TZliMoVLAAfslzapJSvOU= =vXgU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----