On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 10:09:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Exactly.  And not considering that lossage helps us keep our
> sanity.  I think "git rm --cached" falls into the same
> category.  If the user wants to discard what is in the index
> without losing a copy in the working tree, I think we should let
> him do without fuss.

OK. So should we _remove_ the safety valve in all cases where we're just
losing stuff that's in the index? It is, after all, recoverable. Should
there be a warning (I suspect it would get annoying very quickly)?

I think this would help by making the use of '-f' more rare, which is
the thing that can _really_ screw you, since it turns off the safety
valve even for things that aren't recoverable.

-Peff
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