Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add "--only-untracked" flag to status commands.

> On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:46, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > V?in? J?rvel? <v@pp.inet.fi> writes:
> > 
> > > The way I see the flag used is: A user runs "git status", sees that
> > > there is too much untracked files and not enough scrollback, so he
> > > runs "git status --only-tracked" to filter the results.
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> > Just set up .gitignore once then (1) you do not have to worry
> > about them ever again, and (2) you _will_ still be able to
> > notice if you accidentally added more cruft, or more
> > importantly, if you forgot to tell an important file to git.
> > 
> > I think the latter is more important point.  If you train a
> > naive user to use --only-tracked to ignore "Untracked" list, you
> > are doing him or her a great disservice.  Mistake to forget "git
> > add" a new file before commiting will bound to happen.
> 
> I also think that maintaining a proper .gitignore is imporant, and more
> productive than using --only-tracked instead. But when I have cruft that can't
> be put in .gitignore, or it would ignore files that are supposed to be shown
> and tracked, I use --only-tracked.