From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:17:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] checkout,merge: loosen overwriting untracked file check based on info/exclude
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In-Reply-To: <1322388933-6284-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Back in 1127148 (Loosen "working file will be lost" check in
> Porcelain-ish - 2006-12-04), git-checkout.sh learned to quietly
> overwrite ignored files. Howver the code only took .gitignore files
> into account.

v1.5.3.5-721-g039bc64 also tried to make it harder to make this kind of
mistake, and forgot to spot it in git-checkout.sh which was a bit
unfortunate.

Thanks. I think both patches make sense, and especially 2/2 opens the door
to possibly make ignored ones automatically precious.