Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] apply: make i-t-a entries never match worktree

["Raymond E. Pasco" <ray@ameretat.dev>]

On Sat Aug 8, 2020 at 9:46 AM EDT, Phillip Wood wrote:
> > By definition, an intent-to-add index entry can never match the
> > worktree, because worktrees have no concept of intent-to-add entries.
> > Therefore, "apply --index" should always fail on intent-to-add paths.
>
> I'm not sure I understand the logic for this. If I run 'git add -N
> <path>' and <path> does not exist in the worktree what's the reason to
> stop a patch that creates <path> from applying?

"apply --index" requires the index and worktree to match, and applies
the same path to both to get the same result in both. I brainstormed the
logic a few emails upthread, and that's what's consistent with
everything else.

> I was relieved to see from the next patch that this does not affect
> --cached even though the documentation says it implies --index. It might
> be worth mentioning that in the commit message. Also it would be easier
> to follow if the tests were in the same patch (this is what we usually
> do).

--cached doesn't really imply --index - the docs are wrong and should be
changed. If anything, --index is closer to implying --cached - but
really, [no flags], --cached, and --index are three different modes with
different behavior. (Just removing "this implies --index" would be
sufficient to make the docs correct.)

> How this does it affect --check? `git add -p` uses --check to verify
> that hunks that the user has edited still apply. It does not let the
> user edit the hunk for a newly added file at the moment but that is
> something I'm thinking of adding.

--check goes through all the same code, it just doesn't actually touch
anything in the index or worktree. Splittable/editable new file patches
are a logical related feature, IMO. (This is just to squash an error
that shouldn't happen.)