From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:13:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] check-ignore: Add option to ignore index contents
Message-ID: <xmqqmwnz24ua.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8COEwA0hSf4yiTETqA6UBRhcCviayrhnynw23bTC-3foQ@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Dave Williams
> <dave@opensourcesolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>> check-ignore currently shows how .gitignore rules would treat untracked
>> paths. Tracked paths do not generate useful output.  This prevents
>> debugging of why a path became tracked unexpectedly unless that path is
>> first removed from the index with git rm --cached <path>
>>
>> This option (-i, --ignore-index) simply by-passes the check for the path
>> being in the index and hence allows tracked path to be checked too.
>
> Maybe --no-index, already used by git-diff and git-grep.

I am somewhat ashamed that I didn't think of it myself when I saw
the patch, but I agree that would be a good change for consistency.


>
>> Whilst this behaviour deviates from the characteristics of git add and
>> git status its use case is unlikely to cause any user confusion.