Subject: Re: buggy smudge/clean of empty files

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 15:26:42 -0700

Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:

> So I dunno. I'm hoping somebody more familiar with the index and/or
> clean/smudge conversions can show a better way.

My initial reaction was "well, do not do it then---an emptyness
smudges to and cleans to an emptyness and that is either by design,
or is a known limitation of the design of smudge/clean".  

If somebody can show a clean way to lift that assumption buried deep
inside the design, that would indeed be nice ;-)

Thanks.