Re: Question about behaviour of git-checkout --patch option

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 27, 2020, 04:48 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2005270646550.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20200527123234.737efc3f.toni@bluenox07.de>

Hi Merlin,

On Wed, 27 May 2020, Merlin Büge wrote:

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> On Wed, 27 May 2020 04:00:09 -0400
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>
> > Trying your case with:
> >
> >   git -c add.interactive.usebuiltin=true checkout -p master .
> >
> > shows that it does not list the added file at all. I suspect the form of
> > the fix will be similar, but it may have to plumb through the file
> > addition from the diff layer, as well.
>
> Thanks a lot for your explanation! Good to know what's going on there.
>
> Out of curiosity: How does the git community keep track of open bugs?
> On https://git-scm.com/ I read that bug reports should be just send to
> the mailing list. But if they are not fixed within a few days, wouldn't
> they just get lost...?

There is not really any centralized way to keep track of open bugs.

And yes, sometimes they get lost after a few days.

In your case, however, there is now https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.646.git.1590613746507.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#u which is better than just a ticket: it is already a patch.

Ciao, Johannes