From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:16:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Supporting `git add -a <exclude submodules>`
Message-ID: <xmqqmsx6jh8i.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqsf6yjhhm.fsf@gitster.g>

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

>> (It looks like `git commit -a` does not work with pathspec.
>
> You should be able to do something like 
>
>     $ git commit . ':(exclude)t/'
>
> I think.

Correction.  You would need the "-i(nclude)" option if you do the
above, as the default is "-o(nly)", which will deliberately ignore
what has been added to the index.