Re: way to automatically add untracked files?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 6, 2007, 03:21 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708060419230.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <buo1wehxssa.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>

Hi,

[please, netiquette says that you should Cc _at least_ the one you're responding to]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Miles Bader wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> But I'm wondering whether we'd want to include it in git by default 
> >> (instead of having to tell confused users to add the alias).
> >
> > I recommend against that, too.  All too often, I have some temporary files 
> > in the working tree, and I'll be dimmed if I'm the only one.  So 
> > "addremove" adds too much possibility for pilot errors.
> 
> "Recommend against it"?  Why?

Didn't I say that? It just _asks_ for pilot errors.

> It's a separate command, so if it doesn't fit your working style, don't
> use it.

Hah! If that were true, we'd have a lot less mails like "I tried this and it did not work", only to find out that the person assumed that documentation is for wimps, and tried a command that "sounded" like it would do the right thing.

Ciao, Dscho