Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ... these are actually distinguishable, IIRC, by whether the > mode bits are set or not, but current code doesn't check that. IIRC, mode bits all zero means something different, so I do not think that would fly. If we really wanted to do this "intent-to-add" properly, we probably should give one of the flag bits in the in-core index structure. Unlike on-disk flag bits, they are not scarce resources anymore these days. -- 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