Re: [PATCH] doc: improve grammar in git-update-index

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> On 14/12/2018 21:25, Anthony Sottile wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
> > ---
> >   Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
> > index 1c4d146a4..9c03ca167 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
> > @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ inefficient `lstat(2)`.  If your filesystem is one of them, you
> >   can set "assume unchanged" bit to paths you have not changed to
> >   cause Git not to do this check.  Note that setting this bit on a
> >   path does not mean Git will check the contents of the file to
> > -see if it has changed -- it makes Git to omit any checking and
> > +see if it has changed -- it means Git will skip any checking and
> >   assume it has *not* changed.  When you make changes to working
> >   tree files, you have to explicitly tell Git about it by dropping
> >   "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them.
>
> Doesn't this also need the caveat that it is _a promise by the user_
> that they will not change the file, such that Git doesn't need to keep
> checking, and that occasionally Git will check, or may perform
> unexpected actions if the user has the wrong mental model.
>
> --
>
> Philip
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