Re: Importing from tarballs; add, rm, update-index?
Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de> writes:
> Yes. I fully second Linus opinion. But I think there should be
> a difference in adding completly new content to the index
> (number of entries in the index grows) or replacing content in
> the index.
> ? So take five minutes to really think about that. Take an hour. Take a
> ? week. Ponder it.
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> ? What does it mean to "add" something to a project? It has _nothing_ to do
> ? with "filenames". Yeah, the filename obviously exists, but it's not
> ? something that exists on its own. You add the ONLY thing that git tracks.
> ?
> ? You add CONTENT.
> ?
> ? When you do "git add file.c" you aren't adding a filename to the list of
> ? files that git knows about. Not even CLOSE. No. You are really adding
> ? _content_ to the project you are tracking.
Read this again, please. Ponder it if you may.
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> ? So even without an index, "git add" should work the way it works, once you
> ? can just let go of the broken model that is CVS.
> ?
> ? Please. Join me, Luke. The power of the git side is stronger. I am your
> ? father.
> ?
> ? Linus
And probably I am your uncle ;-).
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>