From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:36:20 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug with .gitignore and branch switching
Message-ID: <xmqqefxv5y57.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170317220213.GO26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.