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=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,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 C8A261F453 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:02:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726779AbfAXXCh (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:02:37 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-f65.google.com ([209.85.221.65]:45981 "EHLO mail-wr1-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725996AbfAXXCh (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:02:37 -0500 Received: by mail-wr1-f65.google.com with SMTP id t6so8268297wrr.12 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:02:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=md8CT0rmiOGQfdERcDQXJnDZ5MtiPTFG9jkVWYx22ew=; b=maI7PnY4eC25FYhesqghXYnbh6SZ8XxPhh9I7dQp4W9z9ouzEXWiJ9X1Z0IStU1Osf /xFPBT71NgvU6KOWPuAGgivYwQSJStT7Lfjm/7xiQCzafC6fyrRddxaE29xdUqCKTQSt yOCIXzpumRUXE/ZWXHDIqnLoh4ReOfn8kIPGdE+L7m0XGfH69obCXBAIlPzblEeupox8 N1S1FrQDWwr3SkC3NPuFvqimYl5QwsSeMXWdGmKuOsL0uaeNDwtgo5DCcpwPd4eoaF4u OwpQKGVZLxFydR0we/8Ajjgn5xtqAwM06cn0aYrNVj2FpzNfUoY7+npFt6CfaNXxDpar 4ugQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=md8CT0rmiOGQfdERcDQXJnDZ5MtiPTFG9jkVWYx22ew=; b=n16O44oTqvjLPyhJpyIv75T9XOkcPqoMLVHp2KANtAY3QqH1u3OBWlAvygQSjTiOn7 rvDOJBmPlao8oI9p55o1aLnHtXsw2bOsrTkYkrV5B7sNEocTGhSRS14OwMP9Qu1D9UPm x0JpMYUJMHDkpccb2RecDaPo02eM+NGORRhuqSVOXdlV/CjowSa4En8t9hwakEb9JFzy 4F0rIJPPJF6+9xhY/nV2z+m9NOKsOKO+0KMpppelPbcs2yKvWLRIb/2tuxJpIBFWy+jn swwjGAh6HcJ3qbRGPfNw81gpge7AhZ0MCLCUm25+bvosRpBb08PabGNzAAC/HJhDX/To 8nVA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukecfDR+QKz9dZMxhv6TSR2uE4d5XIvJGmqiPMaL9+r5qxUdlH8S 37vRD8Z/2UoaQjwi/lITBco= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN7l2MC/Wps4KB6QpuKabzFHlqSaXFXvOTcQ4hE1YviG8u2rtk515nLNocuMw/L6ZKItofTt8Q== X-Received: by 2002:adf:b649:: with SMTP id i9mr9188852wre.70.1548370955157; Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:02:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (168.50.187.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.187.50.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o9sm38144093wmh.3.2019.01.24.15.02.34 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:02:34 -0800 (PST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: Thomas Gummerer , git@vger.kernel.org, =?utf-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41j?= Duy , Elijah Newren , Eric Sunshine Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] checkout: introduce --{,no-}overlay option 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> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:02:33 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20190124011244.GE34357@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:12:44 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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.