Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add "--only-untracked" flag to status commands.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 24, 2007, 23:06 UTC
Message-ID: <7v7inkcz2o.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <fann62$f5q$2@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I think the latter is more important point.  If you train a
>> naive user to use --only-tracked to ignore "Untracked" list, you
>> are doing him or her a great disservice.  Mistake to forget "git
>> add" a new file before commiting will bound to happen.
>
> If it won't acquire short version, nor tab completion, mosts users when
> confronted with such a mothful of option-name wouldn't use it unless
> necessary, I think...

Yeah, but if we accept that --only-tracked patch, I know from the past experience that people would send a "shorter synonym" patch, arguing that the capability is already there.

I really think we should resist temptation to add misfeatures that would encourage bad workflows and new user mistakes.