From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:14:45 GMT
Subject: Re: ls-files -t broken? Or do I just not understand it?
Message-ID: <20090819091445.GB18860@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0908190204h31bc839ai39972a251040d449@mail.gmail.com>

On 2009.08.19 16:04:20 +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Matthieu Moy<Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> wrote:
> > Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> writes:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> ls-files -t seems to always show status H, even if the file was modified
> >> or deleted, and thus gets shown by -m and -d respectively.
> >
> > That's not exactly "always", but I don't know whether it's the desired
> > behavior:
> >
> > /tmp/git$ git st
> > # On branch master
> > # Changed but not updated:
> > #   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> > #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> > #
> > #       modified:   modified
> > #       deleted:    removed
> > #
> > no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
> > /tmp/git$ git ls-files -t
> > H modified
> > H removed
> > H unmodified
> > /tmp/git$ git ls-files -t -m
> > C modified
> > C removed
> > /tmp/git$ git ls-files -t -d
> > R removed
> > $ git ls-files -t -d -m
> > C modified
> > R removed
> > C removed
> >
> > So, you get the C and R flags only when you request explicitely -m and
> > -d.
> 
> Let's see how it goes without "-t":
> 
> pclouds@dektop /tmp/i $ git ls-files
> modified
> removed
> unmodified
> pclouds@dektop /tmp/i $ git ls-files -m
> modified
> removed
> pclouds@dektop /tmp/i $ git ls-files -d
> removed
> pclouds@dektop /tmp/i $ git ls-files -d -m
> modified
> removed
> removed
> 
> I'd say it's expected behavior.

OK, so -t without _more_ than one of -c, -d, -m, -o, -u, -k simply
doesn't make much sense, right?

Björn