From: Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail•com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>,
Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: "git commit -a" Doesn't Add New Files. Why?
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 16:06:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <550e4935-6ae6-44d8-bde2-d61db3656830@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqjz60pe65.fsf@gitster.g>
On 5/28/25 3:24 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> But `git commit -a` would not change, even if it won't add cruft
> with well curated .gitignore files. That will be a terrible
> backward incompatible change for those who expect it only deals with
> the files it knows about (including the one that is not yet tracked
> but its presence is known via "git add -N").
Just to make it clear - I was only discussing adding a '-A' (capital
A) option to git commit. Its current behavior with '-a' (small a)
wouldn't change.
Jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-28 23:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-27 16:03 "git commit -a" Doesn't Add New Files. Why? Jon Forrest
2025-05-27 16:31 ` Nico Williams
2025-05-28 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-28 23:06 ` Jon Forrest [this message]
2025-05-27 16:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-05-28 21:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-28 23:34 ` Junio C Hamano
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