Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] checkout: introduce checkout.overlayMode config

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 7, 2019, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy37w9zdc.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190106183225.GH25639@hank.intra.tgummerer.com>

Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> writes:

> Maybe it would be enough to say "... `git checkout` never removes
> files, that are not in the tree being checked out, from the index or
> the working tree"?  It is more technically correct, but dunno making
> the sentence harder to read is worth it.

Yeah, I share the same feeling. Let's say the text in the posted patch is good enough and move on.

Thanks.

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