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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 27, 2011, 10:13 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> In the medium term, I think one reasonable way forward solving the "TODO
> that used to be tracked but now untracked and ignored" issue is to
> introduce "info/exclude-override" that comes between command line and
> in-tree patterns. The info/exclude file is designed as the fallback
> definition to be used when all other sources are too lax, and comes near
> the precedence stack; the "TODO" situation however calls for an override
> that is stronger than the in-tree patterns.

Short term, should we allow an option to disregard ignored status (i.e. all files are precious)? Something like [2/2]

[1/2] checkout,merge: loosen overwriting untracked file check based on info/exclude [2/2] checkout,merge: disallow overwriting ignored files with --no-overwrite-ignore

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Duy
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Message 20 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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