Re: [PATCH 0/2] Making "git commit" to mean "git commit -a".

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
> 
> > ...  Rather,
> > "building your next commit incrementally in the index is the
> > workflow git is designed to support, but you are not required to
> > do that _incrementally_.  Until you encounter a complex
> > situation such as resolving a large conflicting merge, doing
> > that incrementally does not buy you anything as long as you work
> > in a clean working tree.
> 
> Side note.  I think the above "Until..." is an overstatement,
> and maybe the readers of the tutorial can be taught a lot
> earlier how the index can help them.  Maybe the following
> sequence can be added to an early part of the tutorial sequence?
> 
>  $ edit hello.c
>  $ make test
>  $ git diff
>  $ git update-index hello.c; # ok, that is good so far.
>  $ edit hello.c; # hack more
>  $ make test; # oops, does not work
>  $ git diff; # ah, that overeager edit broken what was good
>  $ git checkout hello.c; # get the last good one back