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Re: Two crazy proposals for changing git's diff commands

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 9, 2006, 01:37 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> So we could even implement that with
>> 
>> 	$ git commit --preview [other flags] [paths...]
>
> My argument for "git status" was that it very much _is_ about "what would 
> I commit". So I'd much rather extend on "git status" than add a 
> "--preview" flag to "git commit".

Our messages crossed. I'd agree about the reasoning completely, as I did in my previous message.

Now we need to find a volunteer to do all that work ;-).
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Message 9 of 30 in “Two crazy proposals for changing git's diff commands”
  1. Carl WorthFeb 9, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsFeb 9, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsFeb 9, 2006
  4. Carl WorthFeb 9, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2006
  8. Linus TorvaldsFeb 9, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  11. Comments on "status -v" (was: Two crazy proposals for changing git's diff commands)Carl Worth, Feb 10, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  13. Linus TorvaldsFeb 10, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  15. Petr BaudisFeb 10, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  17. Carl WorthFeb 9, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  19. Carl WorthFeb 10, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2006
  21. Carl WorthFeb 10, 2006
  22. Mark WoodingFeb 10, 2006
  23. Catalin MarinasFeb 13, 2006
  24. Prune-safe StGIT (was Re: Two crazy proposals for changing git's diff commands)Catalin Marinas, Feb 13, 2006
  25. Kent EngstromFeb 10, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2006
  27. Add howto about separating topics.kent@lysator.liu.se, Feb 12, 2006
  28. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 12, 2006
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2006
  30. Tim LarsonFeb 9, 2006

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