Re: [PATCH v2] ls-files: Add eol diagnostics

From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 1, 2015, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHGBnuOicaQEYB21usR3pnVQOE_d+k5mYadxVmqociLFZZtAfg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqmvuxzhot.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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>> Any I find it a bit confusing to refer to the index where, as e.g. for
>> a freshly cloned repo the index should be empty,
>
> No it is not. The index is a complete snapshot of your working tree.
> When you have no uncommited staged changes, the index contains all files
> that are in HEAD. Most commands show you _changes_ in the index (wrt
> HEAD or wrt the working tree), but the index itself contain all files.

Thanks for the info.

> At stage 4), you really want to see the content of the index, because
> your HEAD is still broken.

Ok, I'm convinced. Thanks again!

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Sebastian Schuberth