From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:14:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked files
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808062012260.26972@harper.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808070239120.9611@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

Hi,

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> 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