From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:44:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-ls-files.txt: clarify what "other files" mean for --other
Message-ID: <7vmy6cfz9j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1249571508-21897-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

> 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?