From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:00:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] add: warn when -u or -A is used without filepattern
Message-ID: <vpq4nhd6gmp.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>
In-Reply-To: <7vmwv6wivs.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>>     warning: The behavior of 'git add --update (or -u)' with no path argument from a
>>     subdirectory of the tree will change in Git 2.0 and should not be used anymore.
>>
>> There is a logic gap between "will change" and "should not be used"
>> that is not filled like the text in the manual page does.
>
> I guess it is not so bad after all, if you read the entire message,
> not just the first two lines.

Also, the warning is meant to be read by a user who just typed
"git add -u", so it is expected that the user knows what it does in
current (or past) versions of Git.

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/