Re: Clean up stale .gitignore and .gitattribute patterns

From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 26, 2023, 16:42 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHGBnuMjCsMetCJfhfDXb7aYttgUOc0WY+wJ_Q-tmoV4WES-pQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo7l25ibw.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 5:55 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

Show 7 quoted lines

> > PS: As a future idea, it might be good if "git mv" gives a hint about
> > updating .gitattributes if files matching .gitattributes pattern are
> > moved.
>
> Interesting.  "git mv hello.jpg hello.jpeg" would suggest updating
> a "*.jpg <list of attribute definitions>" line in the .gitattributes
> to begin with "*.jpeg"?

Yes, right. Or as a simpler variant to start with (as patterns might match files in different directories, and not all of the matching files might be moved), just say that a specific .gitattributes line needs updating (or needs to be duplicated / generalized in case files in both the old and new location match).

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth