Re: Bug with .gitignore and branch switching

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 17, 2017, 22:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20170317220213.GO26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>
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