Jeff King wrote: > Hrm, there shouldn't be any dependency of the config on the index (and > there are a handful of options which impact the index already). Did you > try it and run into problems? > > In general, I'd much rather see us either: > > 1. Rip the code out entirely if it is not meant to be configurable, > and cannot be triggered by the actual git binary. > > or > > 2. Make it configurable, even if most people wouldn't use it. And then > have a test to exercise it using a git command (unlike the one-off > test helper, which isn't run at all). Agreed with this, leaning toward (1). If "git fsck" verifies the .git/index file then I don't see any need for other commands to. Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan