From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Cc: Marco <netuse@lavabit•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why doesn't git commit -a track new files
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:54:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D667F1A.5060408@drmicha.warpmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110224154908.GA29309@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 24.02.2011 16:49:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:02:15PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote:
>
>> "commit -A" does not exist, so that "git add -A && git commit" is your
>> only way.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Also, "-A" supports a very "un-gitty" way of using git. This makes it
>> unlikely that someone cares to implement it... (By "un-gitty" I don't
>> mean a matter of personal taste, but a matter of fruitful habits.)
>
> Actually, I would find "git commit -A" useful. Not as part of my normal
> project workflow, but would be a great shorthand for one-off debuggings
> (e.g., "echo content >>file && git commit -A -m msg", which Just Works
> whether it is the first or a later commit).
>
> But as you mentioned, it is sadly not as trivial as just adding a new
> way to call "git add". So I think nobody has simply cared enough to
> implement it to date.
How about this program:
- refactor add, commit to share the "add parts"
- homogenize interface: replace "add -u" by "add -a" (hidden
compatibility thingy of course)
- hom. interface: allow "-a pathspec" for commit
- have commit -A
Oh, and do "commit -n" what one would expect [1.8.0] :)
Michael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-24 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-24 10:22 Why doesn't git commit -a track new files Marco
2011-02-24 14:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24 14:09 ` Pascal Obry
2011-02-24 14:20 ` Marco
2011-02-24 15:02 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-24 15:49 ` Jeff King
2011-02-24 15:54 ` Michael J Gruber [this message]
2011-02-24 16:00 ` Jeff King
2011-02-24 16:01 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-24 16:09 ` Jeff King
2011-02-25 8:51 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-25 9:01 ` Jeff King
2011-02-25 9:03 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-25 9:09 ` Jeff King
2011-02-24 16:04 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-02-24 16:04 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-24 16:47 ` Marco
2011-02-25 4:30 ` Miles Bader
2011-02-25 8:43 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-26 6:45 ` Miles Bader
2011-02-24 16:19 ` Marc Weber
2011-02-24 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24 18:45 ` Marco
2011-02-25 10:15 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-25 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
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