Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > I am much more concerned with whether and how this information would be > represented in the "git status --porcelain" format. I earlier suggested using 'I'; a safer alternative would be to change nothing and let the callers figure it out. I slightly favor the former; while there is a definite risk of breaking scripts' expectations, they can be tentatively marked "this script does not work until you 'git add' paths you used 'add -N'" and I don't think it would be such a big deal. -- 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