From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Nevada Sanchez <sanchez.nevada@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug with .gitignore and branch switching
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:02:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170317220213.GO26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmvcj61j2.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> There is no "untracked but precious" vs "untracked and expendable"
> difference in the current system. An untracked file that matches
> patterns listed in .gitignore is treated as the latter.
[...]
> We've discussed the lack of "untracked but precious" class a few
> times on the list in the past, but I do not recall the topic came up
> in the recent past. It perhaps is because nobody found that class
> useful enough so far.
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.
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-17 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-17 20:42 Bug with .gitignore and branch switching Nevada Sanchez
2017-03-17 21:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-17 21:58 ` Stefan Beller
2017-03-17 22:02 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2017-03-17 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-18 3:40 ` Duy Nguyen
2017-03-18 4:30 ` Nevada Sanchez
2017-03-17 21:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
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