# I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. 7 messages from 2011-08-06 to 2011-08-08. Participants: jelly, Magnus Bäck, Marc Weber, Miles Bader, Junio C Hamano, Michael Witten. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/28033 ## jelly, 2011-08-06 14:32 Subject: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: <35a2b515.12f42.1319f82c79d.Coremail.sinojelly@163.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/35a2b515.12f42.1319f82c79d.Coremail.sinojelly%40163.com ``` $ hg help commit hg commit [OPTION]... [FILE]...           -A --addremove            mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing ``` ## Magnus Bäck, 2011-08-06 15:02 Subject: Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: <20110806150246.GA20650@jpl.local> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110806150246.GA20650%40jpl.local In-Reply-To: <35a2b515.12f42.1319f82c79d.Coremail.sinojelly@163.com> ``` On Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 16:32 CEST, jelly wrote: > $ hg help commit > hg commit [OPTION]... [FILE]... >           -A --addremove            mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing It seems like you're looking for the -A option to "git add". -- Magnus Bäck Opinions are my own and do not necessarily SW Configuration Manager represent the ones of my employer, etc. Sony Ericsson ``` ## jelly, 2011-08-06 16:17 Subject: Re:Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: <4d88745.134ea.1319fe29f01.Coremail.sinojelly@163.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4d88745.134ea.1319fe29f01.Coremail.sinojelly%40163.com In-Reply-To: <20110806150246.GA20650@jpl.local> ``` >It seems like you're looking for the -A option to "git add". I don't want to run "git add -A" before commit,  I want to use "git commit -A -m 'msg' " instead. ``` ## Marc Weber, 2011-08-06 19:35 Subject: Re:Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: <1312659297-sup-2956@nixos> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1312659297-sup-2956%40nixos In-Reply-To: <4d88745.134ea.1319fe29f01.Coremail.sinojelly@163.com> ``` Excerpts from jelly's message of Sat Aug 06 18:17:34 +0200 2011: > >It seems like you're looking for the -A option to "git add". > > I don't want to run "git add -A" before commit,  > I want to use "git commit -A -m 'msg' " instead. if you need it that often add to your .bashrc: gcA(){ git add -A && git commit -m "$@"; } which is even faster. Marc Weber ``` ## Miles Bader, 2011-08-08 04:33 Subject: Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/buoy5z4ed3w.fsf%40dhlpc061.dev.necel.com In-Reply-To: <1312659297-sup-2956@nixos> ``` Marc Weber writes: >> I don't want to run "git add -A" before commit,  >> I want to use "git commit -A -m 'msg' " instead. > > if you need it that often add to your .bashrc: > gcA(){ git add -A && git commit -m "$@"; } > > which is even faster. Remember: "just add an alias!" is an acceptable answer only if the desired feature is odd/unusual. For desired features that are likely to be generally useful, git should do the right thing, out of the box, for everybody. Which case this particular request falls into, is a matter of judgement, but such a feature looks "generally useful" to me. The annoying thing, of course, is that commit and add already have inconsistent long options for this type of functionality (commit --all vs add --all). [I'd consider that a bug, regardless of whether commit gets -A type functionality, but I suppose it's too late to fix...] -Miles -- Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2011-08-08 04:56 Subject: Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: <7vfwlc1ox1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vfwlc1ox1.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: ``` Miles Bader writes: > Remember: "just add an alias!" is an acceptable answer only if the > desired feature is odd/unusual. For desired features that are likely > to be generally useful, git should do the right thing, out of the box, > for everybody. The reason I deliberately chose to use capital letter in "add -A" even when we do not have "add -a" was exactly so that interested parties can do "commit -A" to match it (and "commit -a" is doing the _right_ thing out of the box, and its behaviour will not change). Hopefully you can take it as a strong hint that I personally do not think "commit -A" is without merit. So far, nobody stepped up to do it, though. I have been taking it as a sign that "commit -A" is not one of the commonly desired features but is probably closer to your "odd/unusual". It's up to the user/developer community to change that ;-) ``` ## Michael Witten, 2011-08-08 14:04 Subject: Re: I suggest that git commit support -A option, just like hg does.thanks. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAMOZ1BtVy5m0i2co-YEjxGxzMVHpq01vSn0P7UkURHu%3DAQ%3DgsA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7vfwlc1ox1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 04:56, Junio C Hamano wrote: > So far, nobody stepped up to do it, though. I have been taking it as a > sign that "commit -A" is not one of the commonly desired features but is > probably closer to your "odd/unusual". It's up to the user/developer > community to change that ;-) With regard to anything that can be changed for the better, the vast majority of people shrug their shoulders, groan, and use what's already available to them. ```