Re: Documentation: user-manual: "git commit -a" doesn't motivate .gitignore

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Date: Aug 6, 2008, 22:54 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808061753420.22639@harper.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808061725450.21683@harper.uchicago.edu>

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

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> Subject: git commit --addremove: add and update all files
> 
> This makes git commit -A a shortcut for git add -A && git commit.  It
> saves keystrokes, but more importantly it seems to be conceptually the
> right thing thing for users who have perfect .gitignore files and want
> to ignore the index.
> ---
>  builtin-commit.c |   18 +++++++++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I was too hasty - the patch is insane in a number of ways. But hopefully the intent is clear :)

Jonathan