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Re: bug report on update-index --assume-unchanged

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 5, 2014, 21:05 UTC
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"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
> The problem here is that there is no guidance on what those actions are
> that may make git 'notice'....

I think the guidance the users need is the one j6t has given already in the upthread: "If you are promising Git you are not going to touch a path, do not touch it. Bad things may happen."

There is no need to say "if you touched this way or that way, then you might get lucky." because the "lucky" part is not designed. As we find more codepaths that can rely on the promise by the user, we may decide to take advantage of that promise even further and the "lucky/unlucky" equation _will_ change when that happens.

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Message 8 of 19 in “GIT: ignoring changes in tracked files and bug report”
  1. Sérgio BastoDec 4, 2014
  2. bug report on update-index --assume-unchangedSérgio Basto, Dec 5, 2014
  3. Johannes SixtDec 5, 2014
  4. Duy NguyenDec 5, 2014
  5. Sérgio BastoDec 5, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2014
  7. Philip OakleyDec 5, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2014
  9. Philip OakleyDec 5, 2014
  10. Andreas SchwabDec 5, 2014
  11. Sérgio BastoDec 6, 2014
  12. Philip OakleyDec 6, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2014
  14. Sérgio BastoDec 5, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2014
  17. commit: ignore assume-unchanged files in "commmit <file>" modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 5, 2014
  18. Sérgio BastoDec 9, 2014
  19. Philip OakleyDec 11, 2014

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