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Re: [PATCH 2/3] git add --intent-to-add: fix removal of cached emptiness

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 30, 2008, 19:21 UTC
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 04:38:12PM +0100, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
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> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 04:55, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > This uses the extended index flag mechanism introduced earlier to mark
> > the entries added to the index via "git add -N" with CE_INTENT_TO_ADD.
> 
> Is 'intent' [0] used properly here? Should it not be 'intend' [1]?
> 
> [0] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intent
> [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intend

I think it's fine. The flags describe the entry, not the user (e.g., CE_VALID). So the entry does not _intend_ to add anything, but rather there exists _intent_ to add this entry (you might also say the entry is "_intended_ to be added", but that is getting a bit clunky).

-Peff
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  1. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 27, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceNov 28, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2008
  7. git add --intent-to-add: fix removal of cached emptinessJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  8. 1/3 builtin-rm.c: explain and clarify the "local change" logicJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  9. 2/3 git add --intent-to-add: fix removal of cached emptinessJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  10. Sverre RabbelierNov 29, 2008
  11. Jeff KingNov 30, 2008
  12. 3/3 git add --intent-to-add: do not let an empty blob committed by accidentJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  13. Jeff KingNov 30, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2008
  15. Daniel BarkalowNov 29, 2008
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 29, 2008
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 30, 2008
  18. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2008
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 6, 2008
  20. Daniel BarkalowDec 6, 2008
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 7, 2008
  22. Daniel BarkalowDec 7, 2008
  23. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 8, 2008
  24. Daniel BarkalowDec 8, 2008
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  26. Daniel BarkalowDec 11, 2008
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2008
  28. Daniel BarkalowDec 12, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2008
  30. Jeff KingDec 12, 2008
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  32. Johannes SixtDec 12, 2008
  33. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 12, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2008
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  36. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 12, 2008
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