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Re: [PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what "other files" mean for --other

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 6, 2009, 20:44 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:
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> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
> ---
> Actually, if it was not about backward compatibility, I'd just replace
> -o, --other with -u, --untracked and talk about "untracked" everywhere,
> but compatibility matters more than consistancy for plumbing.

"ls-files -u" talks about (u)nmerged files. What consistency did you have in mind?

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