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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked files

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Date
Aug 7, 2008, 01:14 UTC
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<Pine.GSO.4.62.0808062012260.26972@harper.uchicago.edu>
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Hi,
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 
> > A user unfamiliar with CVS might not realize that a git-add is
> > needed before commiting new files.
> 
> Funny.  I haven't used CVS for a while now, but I seem to remember that 
> "cvs commit newfile.c" without a prior "cvs add newfile.c" is not allowed.

Yes, this is a closely related statement: a user familiar with CVS should already know to add. :)

Jonathan
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Message 7 of 10 in “Documentation: user-manual: "git commit -a" doesn't motivate .gitignore”
  1. Jonathan NiederAug 6, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaAug 6, 2008
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 6, 2008
  4. Jonathan NiederAug 6, 2008
  5. Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked filesJonathan Nieder, Aug 7, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 7, 2008
  7. Jonathan NiederAug 7, 2008
  8. Miklos VajnaAug 7, 2008
  9. Peter KreftingAug 7, 2008
  10. J. Bruce FieldsAug 7, 2008

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