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Re: [PATCH] check-ignore: Add option to ignore index contents

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2013, 00:51 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Dave Williams <dave@opensourcesolutions.co.uk> wrote:

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> check-ignore currently shows how .gitignore rules would treat untracked
> paths. Tracked paths do not generate useful output.  This prevents
> debugging of why a path became tracked unexpectedly unless that path is
> first removed from the index with git rm --cached <path>
>
> This option (-i, --ignore-index) simply by-passes the check for the path
> being in the index and hence allows tracked path to be checked too.
Maybe --no-index, already used by git-diff and git-grep.
> Whilst this behaviour deviates from the characteristics of git add and
> git status its use case is unlikely to cause any user confusion.
-- 
Duy
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  1. check-ignore: Add option to ignore index contentsDave Williams, Aug 29, 2013
  2. Adam SpiersAug 30, 2013
  3. Duy NguyenAug 30, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2013
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