From: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
avarab@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org, sbeller@google.com,
sxenos@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC v3 00/14] Introduce new commands switch-branch and restore-files
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 18:58:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181202185838.GN4883@hank.intra.tgummerer.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqefb3mhrs.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
On 11/30, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> I am unsure about the wisdom of calling it "--index", though.
>
> The "--index" option is "the command can work only on the index, or
> only on the working tree files, or on both the index and the working
> tree files, and this option tells it to work in the 'both the index
> and the working tree files' mode", but when "restore-files" touches
> paths, it always modifies both the index and the working tree, so
> the "--index" option does not capture the differences well in this
> context [*1*]. As I saw this was described as "not using the usual
> 'overlay' semantics [*2*]", perhaps --overlay/--no-overlay option
> that defaults to --no-overlay is easier to explain.
Agreed, I think --{no-,}overlay is a much better name for the option,
I'll use that for my patch series (I hope to send that soon after 2.20
is released).
I must admit that I was not aware that the mode is called overlay
mode, before you explained it to me, so I wouldn't expect most users
to know either. But as it's easy to explain that probably doesn't
matter much.
> side note 1. I think the original mention of "--index" came in
> the context of contrasting "git reset" with "git checkout".
> "git reset (--hard|--mixed) -- <pathspec>" (that does not move
> HEAD), which does not but perhaps should exist, is very much
> like "git checkout -- <pathspec>", and if "reset" were written
> after the "--index/--cached" convention was established, "reset
> --hard" would have called "reset --index" while "reset --mixed"
> would have been "reset --cached" (i.e. only work on the index
> and not on the working tree). And "reset --index <directory>"
> would have worked by removing paths in <directory> that are not
> in the HEAD and updating paths in <directory> that are in the
> HEAD, i.e. identical to the non overlay behaviour proposed for
> the "git checkout" command. So calling the non overlay mode
> "--index" makes sense in the context of discussing "git reset",
> and not in the context of "git checkout".
>
> side note 2. "git checkout <tree-ish> <pathspec>" grabs entries
> from the <tree-ish> that patch <pathspec> and adds them to the
> index and checks them out to the working tree. If the original
> index has entries that match <pathspec> but do not appear in
> <tree-ish>, they are left in the result. That is "overlaying
> what was taken from the <tree-ish> on top of what is in the
> index".
>
> Having said all that, I will not be looking at the series until 2.20
> final. And I hope more people do the same to concentrate on helping
> us prevent the last minute glitch slipping in the final release.
>
> Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-02 18:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-10 13:35 [PATCH/RFC] checkout: print something when checking out paths Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-12 6:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-12 16:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-12 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-19 13:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-19 15:19 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-20 2:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-20 17:45 ` [RFC] Introduce two new commands, switch-branch and restore-paths Duy Nguyen
2018-11-25 22:20 ` Thomas Gummerer
2018-11-26 3:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-26 15:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 16:00 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-26 16:08 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 23:10 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-27 0:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 0/7] Introduce new commands switch-branch and checkout-files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] parse-options: allow parse_options_concat(NULL, options) Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-27 19:43 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-28 15:22 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-28 4:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] checkout: make "opts" in cmd_checkout() a pointer Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] checkout: move 'confict_style' to checkout_opts Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-27 19:50 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] checkout: move dwim_new_local_branch " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-27 19:52 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] checkout: split options[] array in three pieces Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 6:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] checkout: split into switch-branch and checkout-files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-28 6:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 15:30 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-28 19:08 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-28 19:18 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 5:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 23:22 ` Stefan Xenos
2018-11-28 23:26 ` Stefan Xenos
2018-11-28 23:37 ` Stefan Xenos
2018-11-29 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-29 15:36 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 15:46 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 18:14 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-29 18:30 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 19:29 ` Stefan Xenos
2018-11-27 16:52 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] Suggest other commands instead of "git checkout" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-28 6:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 15:33 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 6:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 20:01 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 0/7] Introduce new commands switch-branch and checkout-files Duy Nguyen
2018-11-28 20:09 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-28 20:30 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-29 15:33 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-03 21:42 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-30 1:47 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <CAPL8Ziuj7Ffmdvz6NZWSJ+vzAtxFQhO1cfY2wmXm16J_8sY5fw@mail.gmail.com>
2018-11-28 22:53 ` Stefan Xenos
2018-11-29 6:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 00/14] Introduce new commands switch-branch and restore-files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] git-checkout.txt: fix one syntax line Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] git-checkout.txt: split detached head section out Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] checkout: factor out some code in parse_branchname_arg() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] checkout: make "opts" in cmd_checkout() a pointer Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] checkout: move 'confict_style' and 'dwim_..' to checkout_opts Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] checkout: split options[] array in three pieces Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] checkout: split into switch-branch and restore-files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-12-04 0:45 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-04 3:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-04 16:21 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-04 17:43 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-04 18:17 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-05 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-05 4:45 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-05 6:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-05 2:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-05 4:22 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] switch-branch: better names for -b and -B Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] switch-branch: stop accepting pathspec Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] switch-branch: reject "do nothing" case Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] switch-branch: only allow explicit detached HEAD Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2019-03-10 19:32 ` Eckhard Maaß
2019-03-11 14:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] restore-files: take tree-ish from --from option instead Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] restore-files: make pathspec mandatory Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 21:58 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] doc: promote "git switch-branch" and "git restore-files" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-29 23:05 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 00/14] Introduce new commands switch-branch and restore-files Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 23:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 23:37 ` Dan Fabulich
2018-11-30 0:16 ` Dan Fabulich
2018-11-30 6:49 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-30 5:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-30 6:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-30 11:29 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-30 12:10 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-30 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-30 5:41 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-30 6:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-02 18:58 ` Thomas Gummerer [this message]
2018-12-02 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-04 1:28 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-04 16:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-04 17:45 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-04 18:22 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-04 18:31 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-04 18:39 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-04 21:18 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-11-13 18:28 ` [PATCH v2] checkout: print something when checking out paths Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-14 10:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-14 15:31 ` Duy Nguyen
2019-01-28 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-29 1:26 ` Duy Nguyen
2019-02-06 2:51 ` [PATCH 0/2] nd/checkout-noisy updates Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2019-02-06 2:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] checkout: update count-checkouts messages Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2019-02-06 2:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] checkout: count and print -m paths separately Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
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