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

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Apr 25, 2010, 02:47 UTC
Message-ID: <87mxwsgser.fsf@catnip.gol.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100424214024.GA8044@progeny.tock>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> But dense as I am, I still can’t imagine why
>
> echo '[alias] ci = commit -a' >>$HOME/.gitconfig
>
> wouldn’t be better in every way (especially if Jakub’s
> commit.preserveindex is enabled).

If the latter is enabled, you can't use "git add" to add new files, you'll have to remember to use "add -N" (or add some alias for that too).

-Miles

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