From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:04:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200612021805.09143.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Alan Chandler wrote: > The argument I was _trying_ to make was that we should teach the second > conceptual model not the first one AND stick with just the git add command > (in response to your (Carl's) statement earlier in the thread that there > needs to be two separate commands) . My if statements were to illustrate > that there are two fundamental ways of looking at this, not lots of ifs that > newbies would have to consider. We should up-front (in the tutorial, in > appropriate man pages) use the one conceptual model (and I also like Junio's > argument that git should take an aggressive stance of this is how the > conceptual model is rather than the "contrary to ..." approach). Agreed.