Re: [RFC/PATCH 8/8] update-index: make core.untrackedCache a bool

On 01.12.15 21:31, Christian Couder wrote:

Most features in Git can be enabled or disabled using a simple
bool config variable and it would be nice if untracked cache
behaved the same way.

This makes --[no-|force-]untracked-cache change the value of
core.untrackedCache in the repo config file, to avoid making
those options useless and because this avoids the untracked
cache being disabled by a kernel change or a directory
change. Of course this breaks some backward compatibility,
but the simplification and increased useability is worth it.

Some loose thinking, how the core.untrackedcache and the
command line can work together:

core.untrackedcache = unset
  everything is as today
  if --test-untracked-cache is used on command line,
  the test is run, additionally the result is stored
  in the config variable core.untrackedcache

core.untrackedcache = true
  same as --force-untracked-cache
  if --no-untracked-cache is given on command line,
  this has higher priority

core.untrackedcache = false
  same as --no-untracked-cache
  if --force-untracked-cache is given on command line,
  this has higher priority

Does this support the workflow described by Ævar ?