Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2010, 22:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20100424224242.GA8325@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To: <87tyr0sdv8.fsf@frosties.localdomain>

Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> Must have overlooked that mail, sorry.

No problem. Sorry for my impatience with the long thread. Out of this discussion there have already emerged two ideas I like a lot:

 1. a more noticeable safety for ‘git commit’ with no staged changes
 2. Jakub’s safety for ‘git commit -a’ with staged changes

Thanks.

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