On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:37:40AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Pete Wyckoff <pw@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> When a repository has been copied with rsync, or cloned using >> a volume manager, the index can be incorrect even though the >> data is unchanged. This new flag tells update-index --refresh >> that it is not necessary to reread the data contents. > > I know our traditional attitude towards the plumbing commands have been > "give them long enough rope and let users hang themselves", but this > particular rope feels a bit too long for my taste. Pete, I think you mentioned the possibility of a special-case tool for contrib/ that just updates the inode, device number, and ctime fields? That sounds a little less worrying to use, as plumbing. -- 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