Re: [RFC PATCH] Introduce "precious" file concept

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On 11/26/18 5:55 PM, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 4:47 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Some of the solutions overlap with this thing you want, but I think it's
>> worth keeping the distinction between the two in mind.
> 
> On the other hand all use cases should be considered. It's going to be
> a mess to have "trashable" attribute that applies to some commands
> while "precious" to some others (and even worse when they overlap,
> imagine having to define both in .gitattributes)

Agree - I think it would be a very bad idea to have a "mix" of both 
trashable and precious. IMO, we should try to find which one of these 
concepts suits most general use cases best and causes less churn for 
existing scripts/users' existing "semantic expectations", and pick that one.
--
Per Lundberg




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