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Re: [PATCH v2] make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index

From
Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
Date
Dec 3, 2006, 09:16 UTC
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<200612030916.04791.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
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On Sunday 03 December 2006 05:33, Nicolas Pitre wrote: ...

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> +But here's a twist. If you do 'git commit <file1> <file2> ...' then only
> +the  changes belonging to those explicitly specified files will be
> +committed, entirely bypassing the current "added" changes. Those "added"
> +changes will still remain available for a subsequent commit though.
> +
> +But for instance it is best to only remember 'git add' + 'git commit'
> +and/or 'git commit -a'.
> +
The "But for instance" seems a strange way of saying that.
How about

However, for normal usage you only have to remember 'git add' + 'git commit' and/or 'git commit -a'.

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Alan Chandler
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Message 21 of 21 in “make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index”
  1. make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the indexNicolas Pitre, Dec 1, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2006
  3. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  4. Nicolas PitreDec 2, 2006
  5. Nicolas PitreDec 2, 2006
  6. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2006
  8. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 2, 2006
  11. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  12. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  14. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  15. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  16. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  17. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  18. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  19. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  20. make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the indexNicolas Pitre, Dec 3, 2006
  21. Alan ChandlerDec 3, 2006

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