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> From: timmazid@hotmail.com
> To: berdario@gmail.com; git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: commit --strict feature request
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:10:06 +1100
>
>
>> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:47:16 +0100
>> From: berdario@gmail.com
>> To: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: commit --strict feature request
>>
>> Hi, i usually use bzr, and today i was searching for a commit --strict
>> equivalent in git... i asked around and it seems there isn't one, so i'm
>> writing this.
>>
>> basically, by doing commit --strict it refuses to commit if there are
>> untracked (and thus not ignored) files in the tree, this helps against
>> forgetting to add new files (actually i find it so useful that i've even
>> changed commit to be an alias to commit --strict in my bzr aliases )
>>
>>
>> greetings
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>
> Hi,
>
> I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that being able to commit only part of the changes you made at a time is one of the major points of git (at least for me, anyway), so such a feature might go against the whole design.
>
> Also, what you could use is 'git commit -v', which allows you to review all the changes you are commiting, and allows you to write a better commit message anyway, as you can look at the changes, instead of going from memory.
>
> Another option might be to use a gui, such as 'git gui', which gives you a clear visual of what files have unstaged changes.
>
> Hope that helps until somebody competent replies.
>
> Tim.
>
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Oh, and I just realised, 'git commit' does actually show you a 'git status' (by default in v1.7.0) when you write your message anyway, so you don't even need the '-v' to see what files are staged/unstaged.
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