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Re: Users of git-check-files?

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 3, 2005, 02:43 UTC
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> there's git-check-files in the repository, but AFAIK nobody uses it, not 
> even "git status", which would be the primary candidate. If really no 
> users of git-check-files exist, maybe we should remove it?
Yes.

It was used by the old "git-applymbox" (aka "dotest") until I got around writing "git-apply".

It has no point any more, all the tools check the file status on their own, and yes, the thing should probably be removed.

		Linus
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  5. Linus TorvaldsAug 3, 2005
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  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 3, 2005
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  11. Linus TorvaldsAug 3, 2005
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 3, 2005
  13. Josef WeidendorferAug 3, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2005
  15. Josef WeidendorferAug 3, 2005
  16. Linus TorvaldsAug 3, 2005
  17. (preview) Renaming push.Junio C Hamano, Aug 3, 2005
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  19. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2005
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  23. Linus TorvaldsAug 4, 2005
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  25. Teach rev-list since..til notation.Junio C Hamano, Aug 4, 2005
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  33. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2005
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  35. Johannes SchindelinAug 3, 2005
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2005
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