On 01/23, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Thomas Gummerer <t.gumme...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > >>> Is this analogous to "git add --ignore-removal"? If so, can we just > >>> call it --ignore-removal? > >> > >> Yes, it seems like they are very similar. > > > > Hmm, I am not sure if the word "removal" makes sense in the context > > of "checkout", as "removal" is an _action_ just like "checking out" > > itself is, and not a _state_. You'd check out a state out of a tree > > to the index and the working tree, so "checking out absence of a > > path" may make sense, though, as "absence of a path" is a state > > recorded in that source tree object. > > I find --ignore-removal fairly easy to understand, and I had no idea > what --overlay would mean.
What do you think about --[no-]ignore-removed? That would not be the same as we are using in 'git add' though, and the slight difference may be worse than a different option? Though I suspect not too many people are using --ignore-removal in 'git add' in the first place. > I realize this is just one user's experience. I'd be happy to do a > little informal survey (e.g. taking the description from the manpage > and asking people to name the option) if that's useful. Sure, that sounds like an option if we can't come to an agreement here. What would such a survey look like? > See also https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=32212 on this subject. Sorry I don't have access to this, and unfortunately not the time to read this either at the moment.
