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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Joanna Wang <jojwang@chromium.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Supporting `git add -a <exclude submodules>`
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:24:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqfs2yjgvr.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqsf6yjhhm.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:11:01 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> By the way, I am surprised that "diff.ignoreSubmodules=all" is
> abused by anybody that way.  It depends on the implementation detail
> that we internally use the diff machinery to find which paths are
> not modified, and I would even say it is a BUG that "commit -a" pays
> attention to the configuration variable that way.  I would recommend
> strongly to stay away from that approach or your tools will get
> broken when the bug gets fixed.

Sorry, but I take this part back.  This is an explicitly documented
feature of the variable, so users and scripts alike should be able
to depend on.  It still feels like a layering violation, but it is
too late to "fix" it now.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-09-28 18:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-28 17:06 Supporting `git add -a <exclude submodules>` Joanna Wang
2023-09-28 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-28 18:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-28 18:24   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-10-17 20:59 Joanna Wang
2023-10-17 21:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-17 22:48 Joanna Wang
2023-10-17 23:02 ` Junio C Hamano

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