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[PATCH] Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
May 6, 2007, 21:11 UTC
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<11784859173386-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 2895225..d024c03 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ OPTIONS
 -a|--all::
 	Tell the command to automatically stage files that have
 	been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
-	told git about are not affected.
+	told git about are not affected.  You should use it for most
+        trivial operations.
 
 -c or -C <commit>::
 	Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
-- 
1.5.1.3
Next: Matthieu Moy
Message 1 of 10 in “Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations”
  1. Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operationsMatthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  2. Document git add -u introduced earlier.Matthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  3. Added a reference to git-add in the documentation for git-update-indexMatthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  4. Document "commit --only".Matthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  5. Nicolas PitreMay 6, 2007
  6. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  7. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  8. Nicolas PitreMay 6, 2007
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 7, 2007

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