Re: [PATCH] Teach 'git apply' to look at $GIT_DIR/config

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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I strongly disagree from my recent day-job experience. [Explains a 
convincing use case in favour of cd-up.]

Hmm. I have to think about that. But a consequence of what you suggest 
would be to disallow git-apply outside of a repository, because then you 
would introduce _another_ inconsistency (git-apply without --index would 
behave differently when inside a repo than when outside of one).

Why?  git-apply outside is like 'patch' isn't it?

So, why shouldn't it be the same inside? That's the inconsistency I am 
alluding to.

It appears that you are saying we cannot make it consistent in
both ways, and you are probably right.

I think git should cater first to git users who use git in git
repositories, which means consistency inside a git repository
between with --index and without is more important.

We can certainly teach 'git apply' without --index/--cache a new
"stay where you are" option to behave like patch (but do that
only without --index/--cache) inside a git repository for
special cases.