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Re: non-empty index with git commit -a

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Feb 16, 2011, 09:05 UTC
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<20110216032047.GA2858@elie>
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> If I remember the discussion[1] correctly, by requiring a separate
> add -u step (or commit -f -a) if the "I don't trust my fingers"
> configuration is enabled.
>
> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/698001/focus=145662
You may want to look at what eg (easy git) does too:
http://people.gnome.org/~newren/eg/documentation/commit.html

essentially, it considers commiting with dirty index the uncommon case, and requires an extra --staged flag to allow it.

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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  2. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 16, 2011
  4. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2011
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  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 16, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederFeb 16, 2011
  8. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2011
  9. Sverre RabbelierFeb 16, 2011
  10. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2011
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  21. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2011
  22. Matthieu MoyFeb 16, 2011
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  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2011
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