Re: [PATCH v2] glossary: add definition for overlay

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 13, 2019, 01:13 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8B4gEwuyVV_T+vYdMNjs-01rxCk5G9yxbJOSkKWHGgnSg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190312233040.GE16414@hank.intra.tgummerer.com>

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 6:30 AM Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Add a definition for what overlay means in the context of git, to
> clarify the recently introduced overlay-mode in git checkout.
>
> Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
> ---
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> v2 addresses Elijah's comments (thanks!), using the wording he
> suggested in [*1*], which I agree is slightly better, as no-overlay
> mode doesn't touch untracked files.

It could overwrite untracked files (e.g. the file is present in the source, but not tracked) but never delete them. But I think it's the little detail that we could skip.

-- 
Duy