I will comment only on the Documentation part...
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Narrow checkout mode introduces an interesting case: some files
> are not to be checked out (marked CE_NO_CHECKOUT in index) but still
> exist in working directory. Those files will be ignored by Git unless
> explicitly specified. In ClearCase, these files are called "eclipsed".
> I would call them "overlay" for now. Any better term is welcome.
"un-un-checked-out"? Just kidding. "not needed", "unneeded",...
ah, I know, perhaps "unwanted"? Or "orphaned" ("abandoned")?
[...]
> --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
[...]
> +--overlay::
> + Show files that are marked no-checkout but exist in working directory.
> +
Shouldn't this be another letter in status mode? What about files
which should be not checked-out, but are modified? Or for simplicity
it is just list of files which have "no checkout" bit set, but are
present in working directory (and are not unmerged?)?
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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