From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:42:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix read-tree storing wrong tree reference with modified index
Message-ID: <7vvd8po804.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100708224653.GB50404@book.hvoigt.net>

Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:

>  	 * The same holds true if we are switching between two trees
> -	 * using read-tree -m A B.  The index must match B after that.
> +	 * using read-tree A B (without -m). The index must match B
> +	 * after that. With given -m it can be a mix of the old index
> +	 * and the read one.

I think the justification of the original patch is completely bogus.  Why
not just drop the priming instead?  Two-tree read-tree without -m does not
make much sense but the result would look like an overlay of two trees,
and is not likely to match either of the trees.