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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git prompt: Use toplevel to find untracked files.
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:54:08 -0400
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SZEDER G=C3=A1bor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:
> Somehow I had a hard time making sense out of "when the current worki=
ng
> directory was not a parent of the untracked file".  Perhaps "when the
> untracked files are outside of the current working directory" would b=
e
> easier to grok?

That description doesn't cover all cases.

Scenario #1: Let's say there is an untracked file at `$ROOT/file`.
When your CWD is `$ROOT/`, all is well. If you cd to `$ROOT/src/` the
ls-files command failed to find the untracked file.

Scenario #2: Let's say there is an untracked file at `$ROOT/src/file`.
The ls-files command would find the file if the CWD is `$ROOT/` or
`$ROOT/src/`, but not if the CWD is `$ROOT/bin/` or
`$ROOT/src/folder/`.

Your description may be easier to understand, but I don't agree it's ac=
curate.