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Re: Question about "git commit -a"

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 4, 2007, 21:10 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
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> On 10/4/07, Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> wrote:
> > > Am I wrong?
> >
> > About it being a majority, yes, I suspect so.
> >
> 
> Maybe in the next survey we should include question "do you usually do 
> 'git commit' or 'git commit -a'" :-)

Not meaning to discourage you, but it is a known fact that Linus does "git commit" without "-a" quite often.

And if that were not bad enough for your plan, I myself omit "-a" regularly. So you would get a veto from me, too.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Paolo CiarrocchiOct 4, 2007
  2. Matthieu MoyOct 4, 2007
  3. Paolo CiarrocchiOct 4, 2007
  4. Wincent ColaiutaOct 4, 2007
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 4, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 4, 2007
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 4, 2007
  8. Shawn O. PearceOct 4, 2007
  9. Paolo CiarrocchiOct 5, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonOct 5, 2007
  11. Paolo CiarrocchiOct 5, 2007
  12. Andreas EricssonOct 5, 2007
  13. Matthieu MoyOct 5, 2007
  14. Andreas EricssonOct 5, 2007
  15. Matthieu MoyOct 5, 2007
  16. Andreas EricssonOct 5, 2007
  17. Paolo CiarrocchiOct 5, 2007
  18. Andreas EricssonOct 5, 2007
  19. Matthieu MoyOct 5, 2007
  20. Kristian HøgsbergOct 5, 2007
  21. Matthieu MoyOct 5, 2007
  22. Marko MacekOct 5, 2007
  23. Andy ParkinsOct 6, 2007
  24. Linus TorvaldsOct 6, 2007
  25. Wincent ColaiutaOct 7, 2007
  26. Dmitry PotapovOct 5, 2007
  27. Marko MacekOct 7, 2007
  28. Dmitry PotapovOct 7, 2007
  29. Johannes SchindelinOct 7, 2007
  30. Wincent ColaiutaOct 5, 2007
  31. Andy ParkinsOct 4, 2007
  32. Miles BaderOct 5, 2007
  33. David SoriaOct 4, 2007
  34. Alex RiesenOct 4, 2007
  35. Johannes SchindelinOct 4, 2007

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