[git-users] where is stored the staging area(index) on our machines

2013-07-18 Thread Chemsi Mehdi
Dear Git users, I wonder where is stored that staging area on our machines? Is it in /tmp? Many thanks in advance. Mehditch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [git-users] where is stored the staging area(index) on our machines

2013-07-18 Thread John McKown
The staging area is also called the git index. This is probably better than I am at explaining: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4084921/what-does-the-git-index-exactly-contain but basically the index is in the .git/index directory. Normally this is in the working directory of the project. But

Re: [git-users] where is stored the staging area(index) on our machines

2013-07-18 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:44:05 -0500 John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: It should be noted that the index file has a complicated not-human-readable binary format, and is not for direct intervention by the user. It should be treated as a completely opaque data and manipulated by the

Re: [git-users] where is stored the staging area(index) on our machines

2013-07-18 Thread Dale R. Worley
From: John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com The staging area is also called the git index. This is probably better than I am at explaining: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4084921/what-does-the-git-index-exactly-contain but basically the index is in the .git/index directory. The

Re: [git-users] where is stored the staging area(index) on our machines

2013-07-18 Thread Dale R. Worley
From: Philip Oakley philipoak...@iee.org Sounds like the 'git gc' needs an option to deliberately prune specific files and/or large objects for such a case. Maybe something to discuss on the main Git list - no doubt some discussion as to what the command format would be and why it whould