From: Ori Avtalion <ori@avtalion.name>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:27:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Warning about conflict markers - undocumented 'diff --check' feature & suggestion
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In-Reply-To: <xmqqvb45xhw1.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Ori Avtalion <ori@avtalion.name> writes:
> I am not sure what "similar functionality" you are imagining.
>
> "git add" does not show any changes, it just does what it was told
> to do.  If the user is unsure, s/he should make it the habit to
> check what s/he is doing with "git diff".

I was thinking of an off-by-default setting where git-add outright
refuses to stage changes that do not pass "diff --check".
I understand if that's a big deviation from the spirit of the tool,
and perhaps not a good idea.