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=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [RFC] git-add update with all-0 object Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:26:43 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <20061201045727.GA22622@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 08:25:27 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GqQBW-0000Hs-GI for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:25:22 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162827AbWLBIZN (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 03:25:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1162833AbWLBIZM (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 03:25:12 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:21147 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162827AbWLBIZL (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 03:25:11 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GqQB8-0000Ed-Gs for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:24:58 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.24.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:24:58 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:24:58 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Daniel Barkalow wrote: > Of course, we'd still have to disabuse people of the notion that the index > can store the information "there's nothing at this path yet, but I'm > interested in it", because that's a piece of information people often know > before a file is ready, and think git would be able to remember in a > staging area. Well, that was what about the first message in this thread about. Marking a file "interesting" (so 'git commit -a' would pick it up) using all-0 for object hash... which of course requires review and if necessary modification of all core tools which touch the index. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git