On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 10:30 PM Sebastian Gniazdowski <pspr...@zdharma.org> wrote: > > > > On 28 stycznia 2019 at 06:05:31, Duy Nguyen (pclo...@gmail.com) wrote: > > There's a patch that adds "precious" git attribute [1]. I was going to > > resend once the backup-log [2] got reviewed but I might just send it > > separately to handle the "git clean" case alone. > > > > [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20181111095254.30473-1-pclo...@gmail.com/ > > [2] https://public-inbox.org/git/20181209104419.12639-1-pclo...@gmail.com/ > > > The backup log, if done properly, could allow to use git more freely, without > nerves that something will beak. I wonder if it could restore also the state > before an improper `git clea -dxf' call? I think the chances are low, because > this would requrire to save untracked files, but it's worth asking?
backup-log already saves untracked files for "git reset --hard" support if I remember correctly. Adding support for "git clean" is not that big a deal. It's just the matter whether to turn it on by default (because there will be a lot of files being backed up). But now that I think about it, if backup log is enabled, perhaps we allow "git clean -dx" (without -f or -i) which will back up all deleted files, while -fdx will not. Hmm... -- Duy
