Shawn Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > Wouldn't it make more sense to just include the full SHA1 of the >> > file we are deleting rather than the entire 131 line negative diff? >> >> How would you do "git apply -R" on something like that? > > Uh, you have the full SHA1 in the index line. So you just have to > reattach that blob to the named path... pretty simple actually. Bzzzt; wrong answer. Think of a future when you can shallowly clone near the tip of git repository that does not have shell-script git-branch.sh anymore. You cannot expect to already have the preimage of the patch in such a case. You would still want to be able to revert the change with "git apply -R". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html