From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF5120A1E for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727580AbeLJQuI (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:50:08 -0500 Received: from mail-it1-f196.google.com ([209.85.166.196]:39240 "EHLO mail-it1-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726729AbeLJQuI (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:50:08 -0500 Received: by mail-it1-f196.google.com with SMTP id a6so19209540itl.4 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:50:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=qt+f+1RWz8xoqREdXfCiRi9ZRHWN9pFPj4JsNbACnec=; b=Al+PpDtn6h7s1C73c0EJAGBKVoFJxvcsWMo/1hd8fVY5Nf5/0Ggr3oVs9CxShocu4C WFCdeNaUkN6mTLxkXx7PhlKQMa0WkUpFChFd8wu+3ZaawxglmtexewqRfjCGtQE81cSJ wYgyVKjjadO6CRWpqp87QRBG+a+LyUpi2tR5cG4l7nDAwBMDmyKI/E7fBMQwor0W1069 PzBZkXyeCvF1r/8r3SjIIMCFV2mJp2DMit4zBXGFvMmUqfJHikpUdM7e+hYuk0ieU5JR /PYG/t/YtNhpvXc56WQg9vFW2k79iBkFEZPnnLJOgfamx640a1s/+CRazhRQ8tT9ds7x 1q0Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qt+f+1RWz8xoqREdXfCiRi9ZRHWN9pFPj4JsNbACnec=; b=Kg+9b6USWWn9WzVCA74ZBMrZ9SiUSXWAUe9ts9Pvrlqk1Aq7TdNbGvxUDBJXaHcp1j DMRgabNOhd8l6h9EWSQydZVGplWu+ht9b6SAUVg/7XBVxQFJR76JuhcN1KwDCYadOV23 iCS4CNZA2CvVOC0PFvLGfaNK4ENpgTqPSrT67Up3FhPeBjuB6TNw4gbzqw2tYGxyqxPG ZXJ/RroBT+G27ZsfbL6/wkXKgDMEW67NVHMW+6Sqthnl/Xn/grMsBk1TOGWn/OBJLQCC tIBUrUeXnuWZhGHFoAVHQpe7Tv4Ys+JC3klfiQJIZ6UfwaLWYV1btsnl5xQ9KtRFrgXz nLvQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWae93N+tZPvWVosWeY/8jlUvhndWcI/mW/i20LeerySTd8pZo1T oQgsG/jDjWHqWwURc/LsUJTRacwwUwa2xSrCOJ0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/WizvdDP/yqKUyLwC2BT40TYXhu4/LmrRQCw2aGL66GRK0QOGwilsfA2L8m2PsOGq6YAVZyEL8TfKfC8OagLdE= X-Received: by 2002:a24:e1ce:: with SMTP id n197mr11607911ith.123.1544460607795; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:50:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181209200449.16342-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com> <20181209200449.16342-7-t.gummerer@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181209200449.16342-7-t.gummerer@gmail.com> From: Duy Nguyen Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:49:41 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] checkout: add --cached option To: Thomas Gummerer Cc: Git Mailing List , Junio C Hamano , Elijah Newren Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 9:05 PM Thomas Gummerer wrote: > > Add a new --cached option to git checkout, which works only on the > index, but not the working tree, similar to what 'git reset > -- ... does. Elijah wanted another mode (and I agree) that modifies worktree but leaves the index alone. This is most useful (or least confusing) when used with and would be default in restore-files. I'm not saying you have to implement it, but how do the new command line options are designed to make sense? I guess if --cached is "update index only" then --no-cached goes back to the default "update both worktree and index" and we need a another option for "worktree only"? Can we have one option with three possible values (index-only, index-and-worktree, worktree-only) maybe? -- Duy