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Re: [PATCH] simplify the "no changes added to commit" message

From
JRJuergen Ruehle <j.ruehle@bmiag.de>
Date
Jan 14, 2007, 15:38 UTC
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<17834.20102.334000.595383@lapjr.intranet.kiel.bmiag.de>
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Nicolas Pitre writes:
 > Suggesting the use of [-a|-i|-o] with git-commit is unnecessarily 
 > complex and confusing.  In this context -o is totally useless and -i 
 > requires extra arguments which are not mentioned.  The only sensible 
 > hint (besides reading the man page but let's not go there) is
 > "commit -a".

Well, I would say neither -i or -o were totally useless, though identical in this case (clean index). But I agree it's better to only mention -a.

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  1. simplify the "no changes added to commit" messageNicolas Pitre, Jan 14, 2007
  2. Juergen RuehleJan 14, 2007

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