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=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 8B33720951 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751222AbdCQWgZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:25 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:52567 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751182AbdCQWgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:24 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941B178A61; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:22 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=gpk4oiOf7+QB3VrGyHfULpTs2Nw=; b=KoVAh3 +58u2VP3pthIhRQibMjLH0VDTCYVgFUe1VWvKf8U8sJoCQLJX2tjEdlZB+s9eeEu OrNTqYGfWriLqNtDj9bscfYeWFosqXOAMVNQpomnUEqaVeo2ndG4s1NfhnTiR46B GC/OQZ7INJTiI4qD9IR5yVxRCDjdYhGK43q0Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=xuSfNLXS1UOje7VzuKhcTaYt5fxxYkFz MgKqW7E44anPOZ5JofgIHEXKkQN6oL6J2xxrlGPAOG/W5N3RrAx8tZhhb4JAQyeI q/ezPQfiMZ19pYTiDfPiX2rgGtwLfo9ahI3EPlKsilziBHaP2F1oxQx+uq9VOX+a BwRPwLDIFBY= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F6478A5F; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D6E1C78A5E; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:36:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: Nevada Sanchez , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug with .gitignore and branch switching References: <20170317220213.GO26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:36:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20170317220213.GO26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:02:13 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 25526C98-0B62-11E7-AA0F-FC50AE2156B6-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jonathan Nieder writes: > The most recent example I can find is 2010: > http://public-inbox.org/git/4C6A1C5B.4030304@workspacewhiz.com/. > > It also came up in 2007: > http://public-inbox.org/git/C0E9F681E68D48EB8989022D11FEE3D1@ntdev.corp.microsoft.com/ > Earlier in that year it even made the "What's not in 1.5.2" list. > http://public-inbox.org/git/11793556383977-git-send-email-junkio@cox.net/ > > Perhaps those references could be a useful starting point for an > interested person's thinking. Thanks for links. It seems that my thinking back in 1.5.3 timeperiod was to introduce "precious" attribute. I noticed that among the four-message "What's not in 1.5.2" series, 3/4 has a large discussion that may be relevant to Brandon's "submodule is-active" thing.