From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:37:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Two crazy proposals for changing git's diff commands
Message-ID: <7vy80ljorh.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602081726390.2458@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> 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 ;-).