Re: What's the recommendation for forgetting all rerere's records?

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Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>

Date

Dec 15, 2023, 12:21 UTC

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com> writes:
>> When outside the context of a conflict (no rebase/merge in progress),
>> what's the intended workflow to clear out the contents of
>> $GIT_DIR/rr-cache?
>
> You could "rm -fr .git/rr-cache/??*" if you want.

Here's my reasoning for not wanting that:

>> I'm wary of recommending `rm -rf "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/rr-cache"`
>> -- it's hard to describe this as anything but hacky when the rest of the
>> experience is handled in porcelain.

> The "intended" workflow is there will no need to "clear out" at all;
> you may notice mistaken resolution, and you will remove it when you
> notice one, but the bulk of the remaining database entries ought to
> be still correct.