Re: [PATCH 03/23] Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] wrote:

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy schrieb:

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2009/12/15 Greg Price [off-list ref]:

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I confess I can't tell how the skip-worktree bit does differ from
assume-unchanged.  Is its 'goal' different only in that you have a
different motivation for introducing it, or does it actually have a
different effect -- and what is that different effect?

On the fun side, you could use both bits in the same worktree, to
narrow your worktree and have some assume-unchanged files.

Another difference is that with assume-unchanged bit, you make a
promise to Git that those assume-unchanged files are "good", Git does
not have to care for them. If somehow you violate the promise, Git can
harm your files on worktree.

So, the difference is that skip-worktree will not overwrite a file that is
different from the version in the index, but assume-unchanged can? Right?

Yes.
-- 
Duy