From: Alex Riesen Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:48:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] builtin-commit: add --cached to operate only on index Message-ID: <81b0412b0711270448s6534a849u86bcb161d4d7b3fe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <474C0105.3010908@viscovery.net> On 27/11/2007, Johannes Sixt wrote: > Alex Riesen schrieb: > > The option is to enable operation exclusively on the index, without touching > > working tree. Besides speeding up commit process on performance-challenged > > platforms it also has to ensure that the index is commited exactly how > > user sees it. > > Huh? > > Doesn't git-commit operate only on the index, unless you pass it extra > arguments? It doesn't > What am I missing? run_status and check for changed files