Antw: Re: Surprising semantics of "git add file"

From: Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Date: May 6, 2019, 07:14 UTC
Message-ID: <5CCFDECB020000A1000310EC@gwsmtp.uni-regensburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <87o94gbq46.fsf@igel.home>

>>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> schrieb am 05.05.2019 um 22:31 in

Nachricht <87o94gbq46.fsf@igel.home>:

> On Mai 05 2019, "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni‑regensburg.de> wrote:
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>> After that a "git diff ‑‑cached file" just shows the changes added 
> interactively, but when I "git add file" to commit those changes), even the

> unstaged changes from file are committed.
> 
> Did you really mean "git add" here?  It doesn't commit, it adds to the 
> index.

Sorry, you are right "git commit file" I meant. I guess I was distracted when writing that. Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense.

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