# Bug report: git status suggests the old "-a" flag on git add

2 messages from 2022-07-08 to 2022-07-08. Participants: Andrew Tennikoff.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/58121

## Andrew Tennikoff, 2022-07-08 02:44

Subject: Bug report: git status suggests the old "-a" flag on git add
Message-ID: <CAHFgaauzSmtFhSe5bd1CEuu3L6pv8MLv05K=-6HyJQvLf8eejA@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHFgaauzSmtFhSe5bd1CEuu3L6pv8MLv05K%3D-6HyJQvLf8eejA%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <CAHFgaav+7MV_SB3J9c92HrQOMF87nCw7LwihZbps03h5yfPzjw@mail.gmail.com>

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Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
`git status` suggests using `git add -a`

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
`git status` suggests using `git add -A` as per the documentation of `git add`

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
The old `git add -a` flag was suggested

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
See above

Anything else you want to add:

Please review the rest of the bug report below.
You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.


[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.33.1
cpu: arm64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
uname: Darwin 21.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.5.0: Tue Apr 26 21:08:29
PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.121.3~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64
compiler info: clang: 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh


[Enabled Hooks]

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Regards,
Andrew.

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## Andrew Tennikoff, 2022-07-08 02:49

Subject: Re: Bug report: git status suggests the old "-a" flag on git add
Message-ID: <CAHFgaasgJHXaPTLT9M_U0JAc+=cM40oA0noVr64vEYKRAMPnag@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHFgaasgJHXaPTLT9M_U0JAc%2B%3DcM40oA0noVr64vEYKRAMPnag%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <CAHFgaauzSmtFhSe5bd1CEuu3L6pv8MLv05K=-6HyJQvLf8eejA@mail.gmail.com>

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Sorry - ignore this. I can't read. It suggests "git commit -a" ...not "add -a".
Andrew.




On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 12:44, Andrew Tennikoff <andrew@malalta.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
>
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> `git status` suggests using `git add -a`
>
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> `git status` suggests using `git add -A` as per the documentation of `git add`
>
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> The old `git add -a` flag was suggested
>
> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
> See above
>
> Anything else you want to add:
>
> Please review the rest of the bug report below.
> You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.
>
>
> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.33.1
> cpu: arm64
> no commit associated with this build
> sizeof-long: 8
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /bin/sh
> uname: Darwin 21.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.5.0: Tue Apr 26 21:08:29
> PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.121.3~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64
> compiler info: clang: 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)
> libc info: no libc information available
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
>
>
> [Enabled Hooks]
>
> ----
>
> Regards,
> Andrew.

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