From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:51:11 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/23] Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20091214230619.GA30538@dr-wily.mit.edu> 2009/12/15 Greg Price : > I confess I can't tell how the skip-worktree bit does differ from > assume-unchanged.  Is its 'goal' different only in that you have a > different motivation for introducing it, or does it actually have a > different effect -- and what is that different effect? On the fun side, you could use both bits in the same worktree, to narrow your worktree and have some assume-unchanged files. Another difference is that with assume-unchanged bit, you make a promise to Git that those assume-unchanged files are "good", Git does not have to care for them. If somehow you violate the promise, Git can harm your files on worktree. -- Duy