From: Horst H. von Brand Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:34:12 GMT Subject: Re: Importing from tarballs; add, rm, update-index? Message-ID: <200701160034.l0G0YC5J005016@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> In-Reply-To: Daniel Barkalow wrote: > An config option to prohibit committing with untracked files should be > easy to add. Right. And that will annoy the heck out of people who have random litter left behind, so their fingers will go "git clean; git commit -a" and then "OOoops!!!". If they can't read the commit message template in the first place, or train their fingers to "git add" new files immediately... > If your workflow is such that incorrect commits are sometimes > generated given either policy, the system should ask you which you mean. Leave it alone. At least it will work the same always. Consistency is good. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513