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Re: Bug report: git status suggests the old "-a" flag on git add

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ATAndrew Tennikoff <andrew@malalta.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2022, 02:49 UTC
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Sorry - ignore this. I can't read. It suggests "git commit -a" ...not "add -a". Andrew.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 12:44, Andrew Tennikoff <andrew@malalta.com> wrote:
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>
> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> `git status` suggests using `git add -a`
>
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> `git status` suggests using `git add -A` as per the documentation of `git add`
>
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> The old `git add -a` flag was suggested
>
> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
> See above
>
> Anything else you want to add:
>
> Please review the rest of the bug report below.
> You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.
>
>
> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.33.1
> cpu: arm64
> no commit associated with this build
> sizeof-long: 8
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /bin/sh
> uname: Darwin 21.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.5.0: Tue Apr 26 21:08:29
> PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.121.3~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64
> compiler info: clang: 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)
> libc info: no libc information available
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
>
>
> [Enabled Hooks]
>
> ----
>
> Regards,
> Andrew.
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