Re: [PATCH 03/23] Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy schrieb:
>> 2009/12/15 Greg Price <price@ksplice.com>:
>>> 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.
>
> So, the difference is that skip-worktree will not overwrite a file that is
> different from the version in the index, but assume-unchanged can? Right?
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Duy
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>