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Re: [PATCH] Add test that checkout does not overwrite entries in .git/info/exclude

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2011, 11:31 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> It dated back to f8a9d42 (read-tree: further loosen "working file will
>> be lost" check. - 2006-12-04) when you introduced --exclude-per-directory
>> to read-tree, but not --exclude-from to explicitly add .git/info/exclude.
>
> That one together with 1127148 (Loosen "working file will be lost" check
> in Porcelain-ish, 2006-12-04) complets the picture. Thanks for digging
> this out.
>
>> I guess it's time to add "read-tree --exclude-from".
>
> Perhaps, also --exclude-standard to match?
Yep, will do.
-- 
Duy
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Message 11 of 23 in “Bug report - local (and git ignored) file silently removed after checkout”
  1. Bertrand BENOITNov 20, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2011
  3. Taylor HedbergNov 20, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  5. Add test that checkout does not overwrite entries in .git/info/excludeJohannes Sixt, Nov 21, 2011
  6. Philip OakleyNov 21, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 21, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 23, 2011
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 21, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2011
  14. Bertrand BENOITNov 21, 2011
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 23, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2011
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 24, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2011
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 24, 2011
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 27, 2011
  21. 1/2 checkout,merge: loosen overwriting untracked file check based on info/excludeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 27, 2011
  22. 2/2 checkout,merge: disallow overwriting ignored files with --no-overwrite-ignoreNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 27, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2011

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