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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] read-tree: deprecate syntax without tree-ish args
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:53:28 -0500
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Heya,

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 08:28, Jan Kr=C3=BCger <jk@jk.gs> wrote:
> Currently, read-tree can be run without tree-ish arguments, in which
> case it will empty the index. Since this behavior is undocumented and
> perhaps a bit too invasive to be the "default" action for read-tree,
> deprecate it in favor of a new --empty option that does the same thin=
g.

=46WIW, I still like it.

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier