Re: difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions

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Re: difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:23

John Keeping [off-list ref] writes:
git-hash-object(1) implies that it will apply the clean filter and EOL
conversion when it's given a path to a file in the working tree (as it
is here).  Is that not the case?
Applying clean to smudged contents _ought to_ recover clean version,
but is that "ought to" something you would want to rely on?

Re: difftool -d symlinks, under what conditions

From: John Keeping <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:23

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:40:55AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
John Keeping [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
git-hash-object(1) implies that it will apply the clean filter and EOL
conversion when it's given a path to a file in the working tree (as it
is here).  Is that not the case?
Applying clean to smudged contents _ought to_ recover clean version,
but is that "ought to" something you would want to rely on?
How does git-status figure out that file that has been touch'd does not
have unstaged changes without relying on this?  Surely this case is no
different from that?


John
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