From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse•cz>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitignore.txt: Clarify gitignore vs tracked files
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:26:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080717182619.GG10151@machine.or.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vabgggyuc.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:16:59AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I'd suggest dropping everything after ';'.
I think the part after ';' is the main benefit of this patch,
actually. Without suggesting an alternative, the users are left puzzled
"so how do I do that?"
> - If you want to keep local changes without ever checking in, you can do
> so by making partial commits.
Yes, that's a rather obvious solution but the user probably wants
something nicer than that if he starts looking already.
> - You could mark these paths "assume unchanged".
I really think this is worth mentioning in the gitignore manpage;
it is not _directly_ on-topic, but there is no other obvious place where
to teach users about it and all the interested people will check the
gitignore manpage first. Perhaps a small section at the end might be
acceptable? ;-)
--
Petr "Pasky" Baudis
GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state
resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is
something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. -- A. Pierce
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-17 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-17 16:36 [PATCH] Documentation/gitignore.txt: Clarify gitignore vs tracked files Petr Baudis
2008-07-17 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-17 18:26 ` Petr Baudis [this message]
2008-07-18 14:11 ` [PATCH] Documentation: How to ignore local changes in " Petr Baudis
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