From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:54:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add: make "add -u/-A" update full tree without pathspec (step 3)
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikBQg_pT2NX9vQc+DcB+4HA35VXBpQyRtAU_ewG@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> I'd expect you kill add.treewideupdate too.

Of course not.  That move would be _only_ to break and irritate users who
are content with the behaviour they have chosen to use.

What is your justification?

I wouldn't be defending such a change in the flamewar after a release of
such a version, so you'd better start preparing one for your forked git
project if you plan to release one with such a misfeature ;-).