{"thread":{"id":"20440","subject":"[PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what \"other files\" mean for --other","startedAt":"2009-08-06T15:11:48Z","lastAt":"2009-08-07T08:15:01Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Matthieu Moy","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"119786","messageId":"1249571508-21897-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr","threadId":"20440","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what \"other files\" mean for --other","fromName":"Matthieu Moy","fromEmail":"matthieu.moy@imag.fr","sentAt":"2009-08-06T15:11:48Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-06T15:11:48Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"git@matthieu-moy.fr","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14709?v=4"},"body":"\nSigned-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>\n---\nActually, if it was not about backward compatibility, I'd just replace\n-o, --other with -u, --untracked and talk about \"untracked\" everywhere,\nbut compatibility matters more than consistancy for plumbing.\n\n Documentation/git-ls-files.txt |    2 +-\n 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt\nindex 057a021..021066e 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt\n@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS\n \n -o::\n --others::\n-\tShow other files in the output\n+\tShow other (i.e. untracked) files in the output\n \n -i::\n --ignored::\n-- \n1.6.4.55.gc63c6.dirty\n"},{"id":"119832","messageId":"7vmy6cfz9j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"20440","inReplyTo":"1249571508-21897-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr","subject":"Re: [PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what \"other files\" mean for --other","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2009-08-06T20:44:40Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-06T20:44:40Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:\n\n> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>\n> ---\n> Actually, if it was not about backward compatibility, I'd just replace\n> -o, --other with -u, --untracked and talk about \"untracked\" everywhere,\n> but compatibility matters more than consistancy for plumbing.\n\n\"ls-files -u\" talks about (u)nmerged files.  What consistency did you have\nin mind?\n"},{"id":"119896","messageId":"vpqprb8xcoq.fsf@bauges.imag.fr","threadId":"20440","inReplyTo":"7vmy6cfz9j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: [PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what \"other files\" mean for --other","fromName":"Matthieu Moy","fromEmail":"matthieu.moy@imag.fr","sentAt":"2009-08-07T08:15:01Z","receivedAt":"2009-08-07T08:15:01Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"git@matthieu-moy.fr","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14709?v=4"},"body":"Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:\n\n> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:\n>\n>> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>\n>> ---\n>> Actually, if it was not about backward compatibility, I'd just replace\n>> -o, --other with -u, --untracked and talk about \"untracked\" everywhere,\n>> but compatibility matters more than consistancy for plumbing.\n>\n> \"ls-files -u\" talks about (u)nmerged files.\n\n(forgot this, so -u is even less an option)\n\n> What consistency did you have in mind?\n\nI found no place outside git ls-files where Git talks about \"other\"\nfiles. Everywhere else, it talks about Untracked files.\n\nAs for the -u option, git status/commit -u[mode] is for Untracked\nfiles, not unmerged ones.\n\n--\nMatthieu\n"}]}