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Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/3] git-add: rename -u to -a

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2011, 19:40 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> since it does what "commit -a" does (minus the committing). The long
I somehow find this quite the other way around.

The original "add -u" makes perfect sense as it is a request to say: "to the index, add _updated_ contents". Perhaps "commit -a" is the one that should gain a synonym "commit -u" to ask "please commit updated contents" (implying "not new ones").

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Message 7 of 30 in “add/commit -u/-a/-A”
  1. 0/3 add/commit -u/-a/-AMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  2. 1/3 git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -uMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  4. 2/3 git-commit: rename --all to --trackMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  6. 3/3 git-add: rename -u to -aMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 26, 2011
  9. 0/3 add/commit -u/-a/-AMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  10. 1/3 git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -uMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  12. 2/3 git-commit: rename --all to --all-trackedMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  13. 3/3 git-add: rename -u to -aMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 27, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  16. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  17. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  18. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  19. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  20. Snipping on this list (Was: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] git-add: rename -u to -a)Michael J Gruber, Feb 28, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  22. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  23. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  24. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2011
  25. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  26. Tor ArntsenFeb 28, 2011
  27. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  28. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2011
  29. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011

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