Hi, On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Jacob Keller wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> No tests or documentation updates yet, and I'm not sure whether > >> --follow-symlinks in other modes than --no-index should be supported, ignored > >> (as it is now) or cause an error, but I'm leaning towards the third option. > > > > My knee-jerk reaction is: > > > > * The --no-index mode should default to your --follow-symlinks > > behaviour, without any option to turn it on or off. > > > > I agree. We shouldn't have to specify this for no-index. Ummm. *My* idea of --no-index was for it to behave as similar to the --index version as possible. For example when comparing directories containing symlinks. You seem intent on breaking this scenario. Ciao, Johannes