From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F15D20372 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:18:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753497AbdJLXSH (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:18:07 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:52992 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751631AbdJLXSG (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:18:06 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.201.193.73]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M0QLp-1d8Cm544SL-00uXuf; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:18:01 +0200 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:18:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: git@vger.kernel.org cc: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: is there a truly compelling rationale for .git/info/exclude? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20171006061434.Horde.16MqZ-fejqXm6BLpL7prK1K@crashcourse.ca> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:KMGOBroAflHzHR29PIOexdCFJ23GvDdoZ0km9S9in/N9JtcVf2s UXEs5wnojzrAILVUi58Oq2IvasgXQGnDgNli05pacZdglpWE6Rf7uEWn36vNw2vxsB38EKb yvl5Uptj9nr6vEu9Im0YpCgyqHSLrnGErzlHAMqsuDz1mofuNgtkv9fwM73CyA4aI7r7Nhc 73NxLuiZGuGcQt6blbflw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:M/JmUiyUM9c=:0ZKIQP16wkNwhWD2q3s73/ Mtl1uHuJGnAunfuiApuHh9OjgzVNgw5fbz7NlEBEqJ7u3hBMoBCq1NfU1Zt8NFyxHkMX9BiLU pxvpzrqcM/KnGMP4JEIhCKzX/8Br+PxqbxVvdIXcO9nrwvZ5HM1WcED0mRHXCGS8YfsKQM4Qi aWHn5Oilzh9UmbhjK9VinPPH+/066zG3TNX1KKJtGtsvPGDvehj3TZ4nR3Yc42n7rMRIVauhq 9ovG9igtkuANbBr2duFVr5lxaFgQ56k1br0GkKPMPYjxQ/KXUpWAlitMJ+xiNpmgIWvKEXuM9 IZ/QkX9icnLfEDwGvKmsHPwK4s0UzH2DoDZrKH7oshScqdcRxQAllIu0t2ILy7er25Oyyt16j MKMzg+kpaUb3AbVtk6c0FkdvKaw1YDNSM/kyEZOfTqMXZfzztpVe/sJFU7UzcS17wUw5vOSTG BuUE0BlxOl5kGQeMeTvSlKreIdFHUXgIeaBTA66mrCQ3KKVYCH3pATPpG5dWSE2NUyBosxKRI swKrcLS87lmviCM25v9BxgzZrp1XECcgTW1fMH4hKGq9FqWGUbElidBzHLnqFVtplCcCSiyr/ eISnhK5p5ZIlg0LBf5IV8Ssb3wcjhGt2Jpq0eF2RzSwL931LSLUAkJMf2P+Xf5gFzcNsstnJP 2FDKMHKdZY/E3WICps5w/AZfJuCk8o6s9Zn4vTHNR6BoH/wUm2EhrnEP3+tj94i7fC+5NEVK6 mleejlKIgSfpMn/J3rMO6Emg6V4mo5eMgsnQJl+0Pqcuz0zip8y6Eh6lO23F3J8WpMUi+eTVj 2/bF3quBNW6uJgbU0d4ZUlK9XU7k4kIlEomEp6fQf9hAeYZeMM= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Robert, [who I had to cull from the To:/Cc: headers, as my mailer consistently told me that there is no valid DNS record to route mail to rpjday@crashcourse.ca, which *is* weird.] On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > Don't waste time by seeking a "compelling" reason. A mere "this is > > the most expedite way to gain convenience" back when something was > > introduced could be an answer, and it is way too late to complain > > about such a choice anyway. > > perfectly respectable answer ... it tells me that, between .gitignore > files and core.excludesFile, there's not much left for > .git/info/exclude to do, except in weird circumstances. I use .git/info/exclude to keep worktrees in subdirectories of the "main" worktree. That's not really weird. It's just something few people do, but that's not the same as "weird". Ciao, Johannes