Re: [PATCH 2/4] commit: introduce a config key to allow as-is commit with i-t-a entries

> Unless you are doing "commit -a" or "commit pathspec", you are responsible
> for adding all contents you want to have in the commit before you run the
> "git commit" command (and for the purpose of this statement, "add -N" to
> tell Git to keey an eye on a path does _not_ add contents). A change to
> the file in the working tree that is left unadded is what you decided to
> deliberately leave out of the commit, be it a change to a path already in
> HEAD, or a path marked with "add -N".  Forgetting to add modified file and
> forgetting to add a file you earlier used "add -N" amount to the same kind
> of risk, and "git status" is the way to make sure your partial commit has
> exactly what you want (if you are not worried about partial commit, you
> would be doing "commit -a", so the "safety" is a moot point).