Re: [RFC/PATCH] Implement git-cp.

From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Feb 10, 2008, 12:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20080210124252.GN25954@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802101230160.11591@racer.site>

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 12:33:33PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> But your comment made me think again: It's better to "cp" those 
> files/directories, and then "git add" the relevant ones.  It even avoids 
> stupid mistakes where you commit something you "cp"ed, but did not need.

that's exactly why i think git-cp makes sense. git cp copies the directory tree and adds the tracked files to the index. if you use cp -R to copy the directory tree then git add, you can easily add untracked files, while git cp avoids this.

if you count gitignore, then it's like: why having git commit -a if we have git add -u and git commit?

(if i'm right you mean: use cp -R and git add, instead of git cp)

thanks
- VMiklos