Re: [PATCH] [BUG FIXED 2] git-add (-a|-u) and -n support

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2007, 14:31 UTC
Message-ID: <20071015143137.GA7351@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <D44B7811-5A0F-4A31-9DB3-6D2BF645E543@MIT.EDU>

On 2007-10-14 18:00:44 -0400, Michael Witten wrote:

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> Here's compromise that is backwards compatible. For both git-add and
> git-commit:
>
>       -a dir [dir2 ...] => all changes in the given dirs.
>       -a                => all changes from the root.
>
> Then we can just leave -u in place for now, and mark it as
> deprecated.
>
> In any case, the goal is to make the intuition solid between
> git-commit and git-add.

As I recall, Junio had some specific reason for calling the flag -u instead of -a. Search in the list archive for the patch that introduced the flag, or wait till he gets back and ask him.

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