From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:59:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-add --intent-to-add (-N)
Message-ID: <7vtzddd1z5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808220015190.11259@harper.uchicago.edu>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> writes:

> Wait, is [1/3] meant to create that strong of an illusion?  That is,
> should has_sha1_file pretend the object is present, too?

AFAIR has_sha1_file() is actually used to write out the object for real
after you have been pretending it exists, so no.

Didn't I already tell you that you seem to have picked only one out of _three_
patch series?