From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:41:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug#553296: gitignore broken completely
Message-ID: <7v7huck1ae.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20091030194333.GA4551@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:41:27PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I've never understood the use of "ls-files -i" without -o, so in that
>> sense, I have done 2. myself already long time ago.
>> 
>> In other words, I do not really care that much, and the choice would be
>> between "0. do not do anything---the patch in question was a bugfix for
>> longstanding insanity" and your "4. -i without -o didn't make much sense
>> but now it does and here is the new meaning".
>
> OK, I think the patch I sent elsewhere in the thread should be applied,
> then, as it should make you, me, and Klaus happy.

Thanks; will queue on top of b5227d8.