Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] apply: make i-t-a entries never match worktree

> On Sat Aug 8, 2020 at 11:48 AM EDT, Phillip Wood wrote:
>> If I've understood correctly an i-t-a entry in the index combined with
>> nothing in the worktree is a deletion and that is why we don't want
>> --index to succeed when applying a creation patch? If so an expanded
>> explanation in the commit message to this patch would help rather than
>> just saying 'by definition'. I'm still a bit confused as we don't count
>> it as a deletion when using --cached or applying to the worktree.
>
> Nothing that complicated - --index requires that the index and worktree
> be identical, and nothing that can possibly be in a worktree is
> identical to an i-t-a entry.
>
>> > --check goes through all the same code,
>>
>> The same code as --cached or --index? (I assume it's the former but
>> wanted to be sure)
>
> "--cached --check" goes through the same code paths as "--cached",
> "--cached --index" goes through the same code paths as "--index",
> "--check" goes through the same code paths as [no options]. The option
> just makes it skip the part where it writes things out.