Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] checkout: introduce --{,no-}overlay option

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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> >> I find --ignore-removal fairly easy to understand, and I had no idea
> >> what --overlay would mean.
> >>
> >> I realize this is just one user's experience.
> >
> > Exactly.  My impression was the exact opposite from yours.
> >
> > The phrase "removal" in the context of checkout does not click for
> > me at all, and neither it does in the context of add, especially
> > given that Git tracks states (i.e. snapshots), not changes.
>
> Thanks.  What do you think of --skip-removals (or --skip-deletions)?
> The idea is "among the changes that you would be making to the
> worktree, skip any unlink() steps".