Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 8/8] update-index: make core.untrackedCache a bool

From: Torsten Bögershausen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:44:28 +0100

On 01.12.15 21:31, Christian Couder wrote:
> Most features in Git can be enabled or disabled using a simple
> bool config variable and it would be nice if untracked cache
> behaved the same way.
> 
> This makes --[no-|force-]untracked-cache change the value of
> core.untrackedCache in the repo config file, to avoid making
> those options useless and because this avoids the untracked
> cache being disabled by a kernel change or a directory
> change. Of course this breaks some backward compatibility,
> but the simplification and increased useability is worth it.

Some loose thinking, how the core.untrackedcache and the
command line can work together:

core.untrackedcache = unset
  everything is as today
  if --test-untracked-cache is used on command line,
  the test is run, additionally the result is stored
  in the config variable core.untrackedcache

core.untrackedcache = true
  same as --force-untracked-cache
  if --no-untracked-cache is given on command line,
  this has higher priority

core.untrackedcache = false
  same as --no-untracked-cache
  if --force-untracked-cache is given on command line,
  this has higher priority

Does this support the workflow described by Ævar ?