From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Per Lundberg <per.lundberg@hibox.tv>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Ignored files being silently overwritten when switching branches
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 02:40:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181016064049.GB25933@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7d6858c8-aa84-aa05-6c69-22dbbff7dfaa@hibox.tv>
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 01:01:50PM +0000, Per Lundberg wrote:
> Sorry if this question has been asked before; I skimmed through the list
> archives and the FAQ but couldn't immediately find it - please point me
> in the right direction if it has indeed been discussed before.
It is a frequently asked question, but it doesn't seem to be in any FAQ
that I could find. The behavior you're seeing is intended. See this
message (and the rest of the thread) for discussion:
https://public-inbox.org/git/7viq39avay.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/
> So my question is: is this by design or should this be considered a bug
> in git? Of course, it depends largely on what .gitignore is being used
> for - if we are talking about files which can easily be regenerated
> (build artifacts, node_modules folders etc.) I can totally understand
> the current behavior, but when dealing with more sensitive & important
> content it's a bit inconvenient.
Basically: yes. It would be nice to have that "do not track this, but do
not trash it either" state for a file, but Git does not currently
support that.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-16 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-15 13:01 Ignored files being silently overwritten when switching branches Per Lundberg
2018-10-16 6:40 ` Jeff King [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-11-06 12:41 Checkout deleted semi-untracked file Steffen Jost
2010-08-17 5:21 git merge, .gitignore, and silently overwriting untracked files Joshua Jensen
2010-08-17 19:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-08-18 23:39 ` [PATCH] optionally disable overwriting of ignored files Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-19 10:41 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-08-20 18:48 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-20 19:01 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-08-20 20:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-08-21 8:05 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-22 7:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-08-22 8:20 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 22:39 ` Kevin Ballard
2010-08-21 13:23 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 13:52 ` [PATCH 0/5] do not overwrite untracked files in leading path Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 13:52 ` [PATCH 1/5] t7607: use test_commit and test_must_fail Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-10 6:35 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-10 8:35 ` [PATCH 1/5 v2] t7607: use test-lib functions and check MERGE_HEAD Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-13 21:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-13 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-09 13:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] t7607: add leading-path tests Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 19:14 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-10-10 8:38 ` [PATCH 2/5 v2] " Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 13:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] add function check_ok_to_remove() Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-13 21:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-09 13:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] lstat_cache: optionally return match_len Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-09 13:53 ` [PATCH 5/5] do not overwrite files in leading path Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-13 21:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-13 22:34 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-15 6:48 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-10-15 18:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-08-20 20:46 ` [PATCH] optionally disable overwriting of ignored files Junio C Hamano
2010-08-21 6:48 ` [PATCH v2] " Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-23 8:33 ` [PATCH] " Matthieu Moy
2010-08-31 18:44 ` Heiko Voigt
2010-08-23 9:37 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-08-23 13:56 ` Holger Hellmuth
2010-08-23 15:11 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-23 15:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-08-24 7:28 ` Clemens Buchacher
2010-08-24 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-16 9:10 ` Ignored files being silently overwritten when switching branches Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-10-16 15:05 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-18 1:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-06 15:12 ` Checkout deleted semi-untracked file Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-11 9:52 ` [RFC PATCH] Introduce "precious" file concept Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-11 12:15 ` Bert Wesarg
2018-11-11 12:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-26 19:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Precios files round two Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-26 19:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Introduce "precious" file concept Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-26 19:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] unpack-trees: support core.allIgnoredFilesArePreciousWhenMerging Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-11-11 12:33 ` [RFC PATCH] Introduce "precious" file concept Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-11 13:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 16:14 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-11 15:41 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-11 16:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 7:35 ` Per Lundberg
2018-11-12 9:08 ` Matthieu Moy
2018-11-12 9:49 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 10:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-12 12:45 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 13:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-12 16:07 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-12 23:22 ` brian m. carlson
2018-11-26 9:30 ` Per Lundberg
2018-11-26 10:28 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-26 12:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 15:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-28 3:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 21:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 5:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-01 6:21 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 15:26 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 15:34 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-26 15:40 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 15:47 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-26 15:55 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-27 9:43 ` Per Lundberg
2018-11-27 12:55 ` Jacob Keller
2018-11-27 14:50 ` Per Lundberg
2018-11-28 1:21 ` brian m. carlson
2018-11-28 6:54 ` Per Lundberg
2018-11-27 15:19 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-06 18:39 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-26 16:02 ` Eckhard Maaß
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