Re: [PATCH v2] Make git selectively and conditionally ignore certain stat fields

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> That configurability is a slipperly slope to drag us into giving
> users
> more complexity that does not help them very much, I suspect.
> 
> Earlier somebody mentioned "size and mtime is often enough", so I
> think a single option core.looseStatInfo (substitute "loose" with
> short, minimum or whatever adjective that is more appropriate---I am
> not good at picking phrases, it sounds to me a way to more loosely
> define stat info cleanliness than we usually do) that makes us
> ignore all fields (regardless of their zero-ness) other than those
> two fields might not be a bad way to go.

Would something like this be good?

core.statinfo = 
default = all fields
minimal = whole seconds of mtime and size
medium = seconds, nanos of mtime and size
nonzero = all non-zero fields

-- robin
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