Re: git overwriting local ignored files?

[David Mandelberg <david@mandelberg.org>]

On 11/24/18 10:41 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 05:57:24PM +0300, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 09:37:06AM -0500, David Mandelberg wrote:
>>
>>>>> It seems that git is overwriting my local files on merge if they're in
>>>>> .gitignore.
>> [...]
>>>> The .gitignore file is to list "ignored and expendable" class of
>>>> files; there is no "ignored but precious class" in Git.
>>> Ok. Would a patch be welcome? I have three ideas for how to implement it,
>>> and I'm not sure which is better.
>> [...]
>>
>> You might want to first investigate this recent thread [1] which AFAIK
>> was dedicated to exactly this problem.
> 
> Well, actually the thread is old, but its continuation [2] is recent.
> The crux is that it discusses certain approaches to solve the apparent
> problem and patches to do that.
> 
> 1. https://public-inbox.org/git/4C6A1C5B.4030304@workspacewhiz.com/
> 2. https://public-inbox.org/git/871s8qdzph.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/

Thanks for the pointers, and sorry to start a new thread. It looks like 
most of the work to do is in finding consensus on the right way forward, 
rather than in writing a patch. While I really would like there be a way 
to prevent git from overwriting ignored files, I don't have any strong 
opinions on what that way should look like. So I think I'll just wait 
and hope somebody else does the work.

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