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Re: [PATCH] Make git-commit cleverer - have it figure out whether it needs -a automatically

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 30, 2006, 13:41 UTC
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
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>> +# Clever commit - if this commit would do nothing, then make it an "all"
>> +# commit
>> +if [ -z "$(git-diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD)" \
>> +       -a -z "$amend" -a -z "$only" -a -z "$also" ]; then
>> +       echo "Nothing to commit but changes in working tree. Assuming 'git commit -a'"
> 
> This is hardly seen as the editor will immediately pop up. Better
> pause a second or put it in commit template (I'd prefer the latter).

Well, if it is VISUAL editor, you would see this. But adding this to template is certainly good idea.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. Make git-commit cleverer - have it figure out whether it needs -a automaticallyAndy Parkins, Nov 30, 2006
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 30, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2006
  4. Make git-commit cleverer - have it figure out whether it needs -a automaticallyAndy Parkins, Nov 30, 2006
  5. Salikh ZakirovNov 30, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2006
  7. Andy ParkinsDec 1, 2006

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