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

From: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Date: Apr 23, 2010, 09:15 UTC
Message-ID: <87iq7ittq6.fsf@frosties.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20100422222723.GB12000@progeny.tock>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> Adam Brewster 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
>
> Or just put it in your $PATH. :)
>
> By the way, all this talk of âif there is an indexâ sounds funny to
> my brainwashed ears.  Every version control system I have tried uses
> an index to ensure consistency during a commit; itâs just that most
> of them hide it from the user.
>
> This may sound pedantic, I realize.
>
> Have fun,
> Jonathan

Other RCS use an index of files they track. Git uses an index of patch chunks to commit. Same name, totaly different concept.

Or am I understanding that wrong?

MfG
        Goswin