Re: Bug#757297: 'git status' output is confusing after 'git add -N'

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 7, 2014, 01:51 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DnWZfKqwjOjjU17YtN1Zqk0vy5nyfOBLjn-RiJkKCo6Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140807003449.GC12427@google.com>

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Package: git
> Version: 1:2.0.0-1
> Tags: upstream
>
>   $ git init foo
>   Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t/foo/.git/
>   $ cd foo
>   $ echo hi >README
>   $ git add -N README
>   $ git status
>   On branch master
>
>   Initial commit
>
>   Changes to be committed:
>     (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
>
>           new file:   README
>
>   Changes not staged for commit:
>     (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>     (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>
>           modified:   README
>
> If I then run "git commit", it does not actually commit the addition
> of the README file.

We used to reject such a commit operation before 3f6d56d (commit: ignore intent-to-add entries instead of refusing - 2012-02-07) so it was harder to misunderstand this case.

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> It would be clearer to have a separate section,like so:
>
>   Tracked files not to be committed:
>     (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to stop tracking)
>
>            new file:   README
>

Or make the "Changes not staged for commit" part say "new file: README" ("modified" is implied)

-- 
Duy