Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added

From: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Date: Apr 23, 2010, 09:25 UTC
Message-ID: <87eii6tt9o.fsf@frosties.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <x2l2cfc40321004221538qade3dd4dkc149f2748b94ef81@mail.gmail.com>

Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Adam Brewster <adambrewster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Consider
>>
>> $ echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nif git diff-tree --quiet HEAD; then git commit
>> -a; else git commit; fi' > `git --exec-path`/git-ci
>> $ chmod 555 `git --exec-path`/git-ci
>>
>> Adam
>
> Perhaps I am missing something, but I would have thought git
> diff-files --quiet would be more useful in this context...
>
> jon.

% git diff-files; git diff-files --quiet; echo $? :100644 100644 09f06ca1503da57f89331ddc44f0a3c60313c531 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M debian/changelog :100644 100644 978b107709d1e45b5240a86960587d2a61d8afe6 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M debian/control 1

% git add debian/control

% git diff-files; git diff-files --quiet; echo $? :100644 100644 09f06ca1503da57f89331ddc44f0a3c60313c531 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M debian/changelog 1

% git add debian/changelog

% git diff-files; echo $? 0

Doesn't tell me if there is an index prepared alraedy or not. Only tells me if there are changes that are not in the index.

MfG
        Goswin