Re: [PATCH] Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: May 6, 2007, 23:07 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.99.0705061904050.24220@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <11784859173386-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

On Sun, 6 May 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-commit.txt |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> index 2895225..d024c03 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ OPTIONS
>  -a|--all::
>  	Tell the command to automatically stage files that have
>  	been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
> -	told git about are not affected.
> +	told git about are not affected.  You should use it for most
> +        trivial operations.

I don't think this patch is worth it. If anything it might create more confusion.

There are many ways to commit without -a which still could be considered amongst "most trivial operations".

Nicolas