Josef Wolf <jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I completely fail to understand why git insists to operate on smudged files in > many situations. > > IIUC, once clean/smudge are installed, all internal operations should be done > on clean files. So why do I need this "git add --renormalize ." at all and (in > the case of cherry-pick) there is not even any way to renormalize before > picking. > > But maybe my understanding is too simplicistic here... Nah, I suspect that the reason is much simpler. Many tools in Git toolset (like cherry-pick) were written long before clean-smudge got popular, and they were written by those who did not need clean-smudge. Those capable of updating them still have not felt the need for clean-smudge for themselves. Motivate them and we may see responses ;-)
