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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Makefile: dedup list of files obtained from ls-files

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 25, 2019, 00:59 UTC
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> As a person who rarely, if ever, uses git-ls-files, I'm having trouble
> understanding why de-duping isn't the default behavior when the
> listing is otherwise not annotated (that is, when -t/-v/-f/--debug are
> not used).

It was because the implementor of the original was bold enough to say "if it hurts, don't do it" to those who try to combine flags that may produce overlapping result that lead to duplicates.

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  1. Makefile: dedup list of files obtained from ls-filesJunio C Hamano, Apr 21, 2019
  2. Eric SunshineApr 22, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2019
  4. Jeff KingApr 22, 2019
  5. Ramsay JonesApr 22, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2019
  7. SZEDER GáborApr 23, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2019
  9. SZEDER GáborApr 24, 2019
  10. Eric SunshineApr 24, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2019

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