From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:39:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add test that checkout does not overwrite entries in .git/info/exclude
Message-ID: <CACsJy8Dj3MmVFZpPXB9pYKyKbp=jifFr64Ckv38Y1c-JbuVXHg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vlir69k0s.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ...
>>>> I think we should do this regardless precious being added or not.
>>>
>>> Because (see below)?
>>
>> Because it may potentially lose user's changes. Assume file "A" is
>> tracked and also ignored. Users may make some changes in A, then move
>> HEAD away without touching worktree, now HEAD does not see "A" as
>> tracked any more.
>
> Huh? "A" is initially tracked and the user modifies it. Moving HEAD away
> how?  "git checkout" would refuse to check out a branch that has different
> contents at "A", or is missing "A". So how can "now HEAD does not see 'A'
> as tracked any more" happen?

git reset <somewhere else>
-- 
Duy