From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC43F200B9 for ; Mon, 21 May 2018 17:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753340AbeEURmo (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 13:42:44 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:45960 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753208AbeEURlj (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 13:41:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=6aLFEogGlvcG2waB9K87we7ve9TpdbyQQI6W2Pw/zlA=; b=lEZIduHVVyusK3wOW3RdzU7g1 B1jbYMMZkAsIuewhDBaMzNTcNU75qbirFdisSKXJguhbl5qp7dHVoi35OySmqlwf1gObUVGDOq97Y e0ixjDjx8wu/GeoPszGlwIF6smQbwT897Rap0H0OhCUypK34Y1c6tuOOkc51BciEpbb74DHqG/78d g7VBpmnscjSGQ+mNubwJ2RLGakm2Csjo+2HSmd7L/q/aSvz3mOdCbPma1M3smdFoX/AjVXZ/mf5+k EquGX2wGige7fHVD3ZQ5ssQEAzc4Ob9cOtwCcC6g0zm4fpektl3HvBIdRFAuaSVW/0qhEprR/Kcpl Hfmf/dzcw==; Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:52922 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fKooS-00GidM-6H; Mon, 21 May 2018 13:41:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:40:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Elijah Newren cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: which files are "known to git"? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 21 May 2018, Elijah Newren wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I had always assumed prior to your email that 'known to Git' meant > 'tracked' or 'recorded in the index'... i *know* i've been in this discussion before, but i don't remember where, i *assume* it was on this list, and i recall someone (again, don't remember who) who opined that there are two categories of files that are "known to git": 1) files known in a *positive* sense, those being explicitly tracked files, and 2) files known in a *negative* sense, as in explicitly ignored files can anyone refresh my memory if that happened here, and whether that was the consensus after the discussion was over? if that's the definition that's being used, then this passage makes sense: "Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the -x option is specified, ignored files are also removed." that pretty clearly implies that ignored files are considered "known" to git. rday