From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:37:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] teach update-index --refresh about --data-unchanged
Message-ID: <7vzktqwbob.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20101031222805.GB31257@arf.padd.com>

Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com> writes:

> When a repository has been copied with rsync, or cloned using
> a volume manager, the index can be incorrect even though the
> data is unchanged.  This new flag tells update-index --refresh
> that it is not necessary to reread the data contents.

I know our traditional attitude towards the plumbing commands have been
"give them long enough rope and let users hang themselves", but this
particular rope feels a bit too long for my taste.