From: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:19:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.29.0-rc1
Message-ID: <61bafa3b-bd23-f01f-9a4a-c348b7588f37@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmu0rqu8h.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

Am 12.10.20 um 18:33 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> If this "feature" were experimental and if the experiment turns out
> to be a failure, would we have a viable alternative definition?
>
> Perhaps "--add-file names an untracked file in the working tree and
> the single '--prefix' that is used for entries that come from the
> tree object is applied"?  Or perhaps remove --add-file entirely as a
> failed experiment?

Removing --add-file entirely is certainly possible, but it's used in the
Makefile now and I can't imagine what would make its disposal necessary.

Turning it into a standard OPT_STRING_LIST option for full untracked
paths and using the last --prefix value for all archive entries would be
a more straightforward UI and might be versatile enough.

René