From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:54:15 GMT
Subject: Re: non-empty index with git commit -a
Message-ID: <20110216095415.GA12578@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik_F=d1CjNVfj35wgv0pL1LefOMnttXjs=s2wCQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:52:23AM +0000, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:51, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > I can just as easily run "git add -u", or "git add -p" on top of some
> > changes and then realize afterwards that I actually wanted the previous
> > index state.
> 
> I disagree, those are all index manipulation tools, `git commit -a` is not.

So? Your question was whether index state is precious. If it's precious,
shouldn't we be keeping a history of it?

-Peff