Re: [PATCH 2/4] commit: introduce a config key to allow as-is commit with i-t-a entries

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> IIRC, the original motivation of intent-to-add "add -N" was in response to
>> users who curse Git because they often forget to add new files before
>> committing, and they wanted to say "Here I have a new file, it is not
>> complete yet, but I do not want it left out of the commit. While my memory
>> is fresh, let me tell Git to keep an eye on it, so that it can remind me
>> if I forget to add the final contents."
>
> I agree with everything up to here.  But I believe these people were
> _already_ paying attention to "git status" output from the commandline
> and in the editor window when they run "git commit", to notice other
> changes they forgot to add, too.  I don't think this series would
> inconvenience them.