Hey! I'm using

lakectl local

, i.e. my local directory has a

.lakefs_ref.yaml

file in a directory that's linked to a corresponding lakefs repo, branch and commit. Sometimes i want to run

lakectl local checkout <path>

but I do not want it to overwrite untracked files in that directory. Is this something that is supported / on the roadmap? Similar to how git does not remove untracked paths when doing a git pull. I was able to do this by using

lakectl fs download <lakefs url> <path>

, so just wondering if its possible to implement with

lakectl local

as well. Thanks in advance!

Hey @Aayush Bhasin! Good question 🙂

lakectl local

currently doesn't support that - a

checkout

will match your local state with the remote one. Since unlike Git, there's no concept of a local "staging area", all files are tracked by default. I believe it's possible to support this - would you mind opening a feature request?

Thanks! Here it is - https://github.com/treeverse/lakeFS/issues/8279 Please let me know if I can provide more details