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Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] git-add: rename -u to -a

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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 28, 2011, 09:03 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
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> Miles Bader venit, vidit, dixit 28.02.2011 09:42:
>> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>>> - "commit -a,--add <addopts>" be "add <addopts> && commit", and
>> 
>> Can you give an example?  It look like you're proposing that the user
>> would have to type "commit -a -u", which is pretty gross for a fairly
>> common operation that already has a good shorthand...
>
> we don't need "-u" any more, because it's the new default. So,
> obviously, "commit -a" would do what it always did.
Ok, so for "-u" that works out.
But for -A, the user would have to type "commit -a -A".

That sort of indirection is clever, but it seems confusing and inconvenient for the user, and I think a very common question would be "why do I need to use -a when it's obvious that -A should imply that?"

-miles
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Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Michael J Gruber
Message 22 of 30 in “add/commit -u/-a/-A”
  1. 0/3 add/commit -u/-a/-AMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  2. 1/3 git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -uMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  4. 2/3 git-commit: rename --all to --trackMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  6. 3/3 git-add: rename -u to -aMichael J Gruber, Feb 25, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 26, 2011
  9. 0/3 add/commit -u/-a/-AMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  10. 1/3 git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -uMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2011
  12. 2/3 git-commit: rename --all to --all-trackedMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  13. 3/3 git-add: rename -u to -aMichael J Gruber, Feb 27, 2011
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 27, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  16. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  17. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  18. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  19. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  20. Snipping on this list (Was: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] git-add: rename -u to -a)Michael J Gruber, Feb 28, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  22. Miles BaderFeb 28, 2011
  23. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  24. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2011
  25. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  26. Tor ArntsenFeb 28, 2011
  27. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  28. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2011
  29. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011

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