From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:50:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] dir.c: don't flag the index as dirty for changes to the untracked cache
Message-ID: <xmqqbmh2894e.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8DLP=j-h3knwX9zOpejAfUbv1YJwfB-iw4476oy0hTfxg@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Please don't do that, at least not this way. cache_changed mask should
> reflect all dirty parts in .git/index. If UNTR extension is not marked
> updated, it's legit to just skip generating/writing it down (e.g. if I
> kept the old UNTR extension from the last time I read .git/index
> around in memory)

Excellent point.  Thanks for mentioning this (it crossed my mind
when I responded but I forgot to metion in my message).