From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS54825 139.178.88.0/22 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Received: from sv.mirrors.kernel.org (sv.mirrors.kernel.org [139.178.88.99]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93A881F406 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: dcvr.yhbt.net; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=sasl header.b=bJtxThLU; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from smtp.subspace.kernel.org (wormhole.subspace.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sv.mirrors.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05DB22834DD for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FCD442C; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="bJtxThLU" Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E1E33D65 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED8731DFDFC; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:28:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=3AXpx7urNG/ZDsx1vRDrqVXDwXNfQYFERcNgJR BPzLI=; b=bJtxThLUuJ4YdqpYRk+d+Ae+eSmF4vphw+/GRkbz7lk492Q/SCSM5g chSdbH6srOqa6eWYg/CKtKRRR6j41gg7BuGMcMLko/NNBkyVxqQ7K+KwsyapPaPH 3TxVorHTylNc2QjcyCi6GB9xbfLdDQwpwDZqYUd4/wpc4/q7kccmg= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E861DFDFB; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:28:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.193.51]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 594051DFDFA; Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:28:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Sebastian Thiel , Josh Triplett , Elijah Newren Subject: Re: [PATCH] precious-files.txt: new document proposing new precious file type In-Reply-To: (Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 27 Dec 2023 02:25:31 +0000") References: Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:28:32 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: C6D378EE-A478-11EE-B575-78DCEB2EC81B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" writes: > From: Elijah Newren > > We have traditionally considered all ignored files to be expendable, but > users occasionally want ignored files that are not considered > expendable. Add a design document covering how to split ignored files > into two types: 'trashable' (what all ignored files are currently > considered) and 'precious' (the new type of ignored file). The proposed syntax is a bit different from what I personally prefer (which is Phillip's [P14] or something like it), but I consider that the more valuable parts of this document is about how various commands ought to interact with precious paths, which shouldn't change regardless of the syntax. Thanks for putting this together.