Dmitry Kakurin <dmitry.kakurin@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> >>> 2. Storing metadata in regular source-controlled files feels wrong to >>> me. >> You are free to _feel_ whatever you want without thinking, but > > I did quite a bit of thinking before posting it. Not sure what made you think otherwise. > >> I think reading from >> index as a fallback measure when work tree file is missing is a >> very good compromise we came up recently. > > Can you specify _exactly_ how it works now? And I'll show you a bunch of corner cases where it's broken. As I made it clear, it is a compromise. I am not interested in discussing corner cases with you -- I am sure there are. If you are offering improvements, I am all ears. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html