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Re: Bug with .gitignore and branch switching

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2017, 22:36 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> The most recent example I can find is 2010:
> http://public-inbox.org/git/4C6A1C5B.4030304@workspacewhiz.com/.
>
> It also came up in 2007:
> http://public-inbox.org/git/C0E9F681E68D48EB8989022D11FEE3D1@ntdev.corp.microsoft.com/
> Earlier in that year it even made the "What's not in 1.5.2" list.
> http://public-inbox.org/git/11793556383977-git-send-email-junkio@cox.net/
>
> Perhaps those references could be a useful starting point for an
> interested person's thinking.

Thanks for links. It seems that my thinking back in 1.5.3 timeperiod was to introduce "precious" attribute.

I noticed that among the four-message "What's not in 1.5.2" series, 3/4 has a large discussion that may be relevant to Brandon's "submodule is-active" thing.

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  1. Nevada SanchezMar 17, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederMar 17, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2017
  5. Duy NguyenMar 18, 2017
  6. Stefan BellerMar 17, 2017
  7. Nevada SanchezMar 18, 2017
  8. Jonathan NiederMar 17, 2017

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