From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:27:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added
Message-ID: <20100422222723.GB12000@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To: <x2qc376da901004221448i373a342p1d7b763383e80472@mail.gmail.com>

Adam Brewster wrote:

> Consider
> 
> $ echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nif git diff-tree --quiet HEAD; then git commit
> -a; else git commit; fi' > `git --exec-path`/git-ci
> $ chmod 555 `git --exec-path`/git-ci

Or just put it in your $PATH. :)

By the way, all this talk of “if there is an index” sounds funny to
my brainwashed ears.  Every version control system I have tried uses
an index to ensure consistency during a commit; it’s just that most
of them hide it from the user.

This may sound pedantic, I realize.

Have fun,
Jonathan