From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 10:08:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] git diff <(command1) <(command2)
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1611121106110.3746@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xrFYj7sepdz1xrEEaqmXQWfRkBz3CsWjYK6OZsZRMLbUA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Jacob Keller wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> writes:
> >
> >> No tests or documentation updates yet, and I'm not sure whether
> >> --follow-symlinks in other modes than --no-index should be supported, ignored
> >> (as it is now) or cause an error, but I'm leaning towards the third option.
> >
> > My knee-jerk reaction is:
> >
> >  * The --no-index mode should default to your --follow-symlinks
> >    behaviour, without any option to turn it on or off.
> >
> 
> I agree. We shouldn't have to specify this for no-index.

Ummm. *My* idea of --no-index was for it to behave as similar to the
--index version as possible. For example when comparing directories
containing symlinks. You seem intent on breaking this scenario.

Ciao,
Johannes