From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:05:31 GMT
Subject: Re: non-empty index with git commit -a
Message-ID: <vpqsjvos61w.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20110216032047.GA2858@elie>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

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