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 124811F453 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:25:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727097AbfAYJZY (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 04:25:24 -0500 Received: from mail-it1-f195.google.com ([209.85.166.195]:38401 "EHLO mail-it1-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726269AbfAYJZY (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 04:25:24 -0500 Received: by mail-it1-f195.google.com with SMTP id z20so8768130itc.3 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 01:25:23 -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=OD6uObuaaDUkSihoXIxk84NiqSzX4h+WAY2Qv8t3LOU=; b=aklTUWnr8ajlHDz2qY44sk9MCYNnRbk9GFvYlcssTwr8FMJQfZUpxHnjxZVJ0R63E1 ClS43/ej00GUzmio4XEZEgKAcIMrBlTq9OBuW/TffZXXlErVEwc6Uv3I2C0c/UavbHnb 7PgoO3bB4IcqxzhJ1h+NBAncnUWoXWKDoGIGsVPCXXWlPcD9Yk1qxz0G+yfcPB2k0aB2 XfOxU0CWU6DQB6LEj6dMeY9qx0xQLWro9TC7T0Rh+snee7hcPFiwgZvDIJLgADubIz79 6DjkXP1Fhv1t3VQVNcpTozShrrykxwVEHThg2v0pCXxx6a4tsGxBAYRL0l7rDBwGafnb Fb3Q== 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=OD6uObuaaDUkSihoXIxk84NiqSzX4h+WAY2Qv8t3LOU=; b=gW+kgha49mHuXGBYntQZedvMbmsxFRgp4qdulL7rz4ZINhl0lgwmdCbHqbG7g5vpkG JJu2/7A+rQQS+zghGo1xSt2x3W/cxjmkvKCz9Ot2bgrwSL86L+UnjIyJ29FufYOxDRrA xMWi7qe55wN9xKLuzuJe6KQbisgZFL+3Rbl8CHHbNVhcCapTjkyJiDlG+Yy3WoGKjEVF WD4E/YbmNNNwOoEuon4KD4hnE4arCnbNxn8pVcKba6OlufVS0/pJUjOM2yU7pCIamcPX Vf2iPo94hM6heQW4Wy1bGpD+KD9WZZi7t7vxDVftPDoTEhccegr7Tcc3JOyHWvxsKiSp nqGA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukcb0yFUDXUjSI7lmQeTY3+kKagvL6AVKtLP0QAY+GlejRr1pZ49 WUrbylbNJQrh4FE7eMi8Q21ieOb4zarIg2kMNrtb1g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN5B0kePtZNr/RxoJzzJS5uvJXoY0sjenzH2YA7orcSZDlW7TQoyorNArsofzFbu0w5tEGIEjslvQPywJ24wPvs= X-Received: by 2002:a05:660c:81a:: with SMTP id j26mr3677938itk.70.1548408323353; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 01:25:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181220134820.21810-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com> <20190108215225.3077-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com> <20190108215225.3077-8-t.gummerer@gmail.com> <20190122235313.GA199923@google.com> <20190123202156.GA11293@hank.intra.tgummerer.com> <20190124011244.GE34357@google.com> <20190125022649.GA540@google.com> In-Reply-To: <20190125022649.GA540@google.com> From: Duy Nguyen Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:24:56 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] checkout: introduce --{,no-}overlay option To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: Junio C Hamano , Thomas Gummerer , Git Mailing List , Elijah Newren , Eric Sunshine 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 Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:26 AM Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Jonathan Nieder writes: > > >> I find --ignore-removal fairly easy to understand, and I had no idea > >> what --overlay would mean. > >> > >> I realize this is just one user's experience. > > > > Exactly. My impression was the exact opposite from yours. > > > > The phrase "removal" in the context of checkout does not click for > > me at all, and neither it does in the context of add, especially > > given that Git tracks states (i.e. snapshots), not changes. > > Thanks. What do you think of --skip-removals (or --skip-deletions)? > The idea is "among the changes that you would be making to the > worktree, skip any unlink() steps". Another option from rsync: --delete (and --no-delete of course) -- Duy