From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:48:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Importing from tarballs; add, rm, update-index?
Message-ID: <7v7ivrpx9y.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070112210403.GB6262@xp.machine.xx>

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.

Huh?

> ? So take five minutes to really think about that. Take an hour. Take a 
> ? week. Ponder it.

I'd second this ;-).

> ? 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.

> ? 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 ;-).