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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Cc: "Johannes Sixt" <j6t@kdbg.org>,
	"Sérgio Basto" <sergio@serjux.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bug report on update-index --assume-unchanged
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:33:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqwq66osj8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AVKaq4NJu=23W+wcRgVTQ7hVAOxsVwtZnZsNw6393cTA@mail.gmail.com> (Duy Nguyen's message of "Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:52:15 +0700")

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> You are correct about the original idea behind --assume-unchanged. But
> over the time I think we bend over a bit and sort of support these use
> cases. For example, aecda37 (do not overwrite files marked "assume
> unchanged" - 2010-05-01). The change is one-liner, so I don't mind
> doing it.

I think that was a misguided change to make the semantics muddy and
to break the existing users who use the bit for its intended purpose
(i.e. to avoid lstat() by promising that it is not necessary), and
not "bending over to support".  Offhand, I doubt we would want to
add more of the same kind.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-05 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-04 22:42 GIT: ignoring changes in tracked files and bug report Sérgio Basto
2014-12-05  6:12 ` bug report on update-index --assume-unchanged Sérgio Basto
2014-12-05  6:55   ` Johannes Sixt
2014-12-05 10:52     ` Duy Nguyen
2014-12-05 16:57       ` Sérgio Basto
2014-12-05 18:30         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05 20:48           ` Philip Oakley
2014-12-05 21:05             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05 21:55               ` Philip Oakley
2014-12-05 22:18                 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-12-06  0:45             ` Sérgio Basto
2014-12-06 13:28               ` Philip Oakley
2014-12-05 21:19           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05 21:39           ` Sérgio Basto
2014-12-05 21:52             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05 18:33       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-12-05 10:56 ` [PATCH] commit: ignore assume-unchanged files in "commmit <file>" mode Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-12-09  2:44   ` Sérgio Basto
2014-12-11 23:23     ` Philip Oakley

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