From: David Kastrup Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 12:36:47 GMT Subject: Re: [FAQ?] Rationale for git's way to manage the index Message-ID: <86vef4yfmo.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> In-Reply-To: <20070507121603.GA3255@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Karl Hasselström writes: > On 2007-05-07 13:40:33 +0200, Guilhem Bonnefille wrote: > >> In order to improve my productivity with Git, and in order to avoid >> traps around moving from SVN to Git, I often use the Git Emacs mode. >> It is really usefull for beginners as it works similarly for CVS, >> SVN and Git: synthetic view of all modifications, easy selection of >> what will be commited... The biggest drawback of this "porcelain": >> using it, you do not understand the Git's index philosophy. > > git-gui is a good tool here (so good, in fact, that this is the second > time today I spam the list about it). Please be sure to _always_ include a URL whenever you are spamming. -- David Kastrup