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Re: is there an easier way to do this ?

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Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 30, 2008, 03:46 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 19:37, Zorba <cr@altmore.co.uk> wrote:
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> ok, now I'm in this for real, archiving versions of our website project (5k
> files approx)
>
> so here is the workflow:
>
> - copy version 1 files into GIT dir
>
> - open git bash
>
> $ git init
>
> $ git add .
>
> $ git commit -m "version1"
>
> all vanilla ? cool
> next job = store version 2, so delete version 1 files from GIT dir, copy in
> version 2
> version2 has different files from 1 - which ones? Out of 5k files could be
> 1% = 50 new ones, and same amount removed. Why should I care, with such a
> powerful friend as git around, n'est pas?
> THIS TIME we are going to be CLEVER and use "-a" flag on commit to pick up
> any files that have been REMOVED (or "deleted" in git-speak)
>
> $ git commit -a -m "version2"
>
> BUT this does not pick up any new ones that have been added,
>
> and when we run
>
> $ git status > ../git_status.txt
>
> these are referred to as "untracked files"
> only problem there are 50 ish
> is there not another flag on git commit to treat any untracked file as a new
> file ?
> (would save me typing or creating a list out of these untracked ones and
> feeding them into git add)
>
> I know, I realise now I should have looked up git-commit in the manual - in
> case its not there, pls enlighten me !
>
>
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  4. Jacob HelwigDec 30, 2008
  5. Jeff WhitesideDec 30, 2008
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