From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:04:12 GMT
Subject: Re: Why doesn't git commit -a track new files
Message-ID: <vpqk4gp4dxf.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <4D6672F7.4020101@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> Why does it not exist? Because you should at least
> "git add -A && git status && behappy && git commit".

There are alternatives like

git status && behappy && git commit -A

or

git commit -A && look at status $EDITOR && behapy && save

> Also, "-A" supports a very "un-gitty" way of using git. This makes it
> unlikely that someone cares to implement it...

I guess that's it. It's not usefull to most Git developers, hence nobody
cared to implement it. But IIRC the switch "add -A" was chosen partly
because -A didn't exist for commit, hence this leaves room for commit
-A.

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