Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Is there a reason that we don't use this diff technique for checkout?
I suspect that the reasons are probably mixture of these:
(1) the code path may descend from checkout-index and predates the
in-core diff machinery;
(2) in the context of checkout-index, it was more desirable to be
able to say "I want the contents on the filesystem, even if you
think I already have it there, as you as a new software are
likely to be wrong and I know better"; or
(3) it was easier to code that way ;-)
I do not see there is any reason not to do what you suggest.
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