From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:24:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Re* git commit fails under some circumstances
Message-ID: <7v1v1fjnsu.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110405173603.GD9965@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I am much more concerned with whether and how this information would be
> represented in the "git status --porcelain" format.

I earlier suggested using 'I'; a safer alternative would be to change
nothing and let the callers figure it out.  I slightly favor the former;
while there is a definite risk of breaking scripts' expectations, they can
be tentatively marked "this script does not work until you 'git add' paths
you used 'add -N'" and I don't think it would be such a big deal.