From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:00:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [1.8.0 RFD] Homogeneous use of short options
Message-ID: <AANLkTim1GUnyqkNbFPhkPEOitGG7PxsW1eeubkN69hf5@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D594460.1040206@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

> add -A: Why capital A? Compare commit -a etc.

IIRC, this was in anticipation for a similar interface to include
_new_ files in the commit in the form of "commit -A", which _is_
different from the existing "commit -a".