On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 7:34 PM Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 06/03/2019 09:44, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 8:34 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> * tg/checkout-no-overlay (2019-02-04) 9 commits
> >> (merged to 'next' on 2019-02-04 at 9968bcf4fb)
> >> + revert "checkout: introduce checkout.overlayMode config"
> >> (merged to 'next' on 2019-01-18 at 1e2a79ba5c)
> >> + checkout: introduce checkout.overlayMode config
> >> + checkout: introduce --{,no-}overlay option
> >> + checkout: factor out mark_cache_entry_for_checkout function
> >> + checkout: clarify comment
> >> + read-cache: add invalidate parameter to remove_marked_cache_entries
> >> + entry: support CE_WT_REMOVE flag in checkout_entry
> >> + entry: factor out unlink_entry function
> >> + move worktree tests to t24*
> >>
> >> "git checkout --no-overlay" can be used to trigger a new mode of
> >> checking out paths out of the tree-ish, that allows paths that
> >> match the pathspec that are in the current index and working tree
> >> and are not in the tree-ish.
> >>
> >> Will hold.
> >> Waiting for "restore-files" & "switch-branches" pair.
> >> cf. <20190205204208.GC6085@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > If it's ready for master, I'd love to see it merged. Either that or
> > topic is rebased on 'master'. There are separate checkout changes in
> > 'master' (mine, sadly), and because switch/restore moves lots of code
> > around, I need to create a merge of this topic and master as the base,
> > or you'll get horrible conflicts.
> >
> > I should send switch/restore again soon. There are still a few
> > unaddressed concerns for git-restore since last time. Probably time to
> > refresh those discussions.
>
> Just catching up on back emails:
>
> The one point I noted is that "Overlay" is a new magic term without any
> explanation within the _documentation_.
>
> It would appear worth it to also add something (follow up patch?) to the
> e.g. git glossary to clarify how overlay differs, or is similar to, the
> different merge and reset modes.
I think Jonathan questions the name "overlay" too. Since this is
similar to "cp -R" mode, another suggestion is --copy-mode.
--
Duy
