From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked files
Message-ID: <20080807110012.GB32057@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808070239120.9611@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 02:39:59AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Funny.  I haven't used CVS for a while now, but I seem to remember that 
> "cvs commit newfile.c" without a prior "cvs add newfile.c" is not allowed.

But there is a difference. In most VCSes, you need 'add' once. In git
you need add before every commit. Of course this should be clear after
reading the "How to make a commit" part of the user manual.