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Re: [PATCH 1.8.0] add: make "add -u" update full tree without pathspec

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 1, 2011, 20:12 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> But "update" should mean "replace git add -u with git add -u .", which
> is the portable way to do the same.
>
>> so the introduction of the configuration becomes a flag-day event.
>> Hmph...
>
> The introduction of the config variable is a non-event if you already
> use the portable . notation.

I think you got this part wrong. Until now, there was no "portability" to worry about when using "git add -u". "git add -u" used to be _guaranteed_ to be relative to the cwd, with or without ".". Our update will _break_ that expectation and suddenly make "." "the portable notation".

In other words, it is far from a non-event. We cannot say "'add -u .' is the portable way to write it anyway, so you should have been writing that from day one" as an excuse for breaking their scripts.

We still have to say "We are sorry, we will be breaking your scripts. Please add an extra dot at the end". I am Ok saying that, but we should admit that we are knowingly breaking things.

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  1. add: make "add -u" update full tree without pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 7, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2011
  4. Miles BaderFeb 7, 2011
  5. Joshua JuranFeb 9, 2011
  6. Matthieu MoyFeb 7, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  8. Matthieu MoyFeb 27, 2011
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 27, 2011
  10. Sverre RabbelierFeb 27, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 27, 2011
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 27, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 28, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  19. Matthieu MoyMar 1, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  21. Matthieu MoyMar 1, 2011
  22. Jakub NarebskiMar 1, 2011
  23. Jeff KingMar 1, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  25. Matthieu MoyMar 1, 2011

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