Re: [PATCH] Add --temp and --stage=all options to checkout-index.

Shawn Pearce [off-list ref] writes:

 Unfortunately this change lead me down a path which changed the core
 checkout code also used by apply and read-tree.

... which makes it much harder to swallow without careful
inspection X-<.

I think the patch only appears much bigger than it actually is,
because of reindentation effect coming from "if (to-temp-file)".
However, I am too tired to carefully examine them tonight, so I
hope you do not mind my postponing this for now.