Re: RFE: git rm

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:

> I often do "git add something" when I happen to think of it, not 
> necessarily right before committing, which means that I have these files 
> changed in my index while working. I may quit this, however, now that git 
> status lists the ones I missed.

Oh, I do 'git add' myself; otherwise I'd surely forget by the
time I commit.

And I did not mean to tell you to quit doing it.  If any of you
took what I said as "Linus does not do it, I do not do it, so
you should not be doing update-index in the middle", then that
was not my intention and I apologize for causing confusion.

I think update-index in the middle is a valid workflow.  The
only drawback I can think of is that you cannot merge or apply
others' patches once you do it until you commit.  I was just
curious how people use git, weighing the pros and cons of that
(pros: git-diff-files is easier to read and the index gives you
a good anchoring point; cons: you cannot do merge or patch
application).

> Incidentally, the new git status entry for --others really ought to say 
> something different from "Ignored files", like "Exist but not tracked", 
> since it doesn't include the contents of .gitignore, which you'd expect to 
> be "Ignored". (And, of course, any files it lists are hardly being 
> ignored.)

Good point.  Something like this?

 ------------
Clarify git status output.

What we list as "Ignored files" are not "ignored".  Rather, it
is the list of "not listed in the to-be-ignored files, but
exists -- you may be forgetting to add them".

Pointed out by Daniel.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

---
diff --git a/git-status.sh b/git-status.sh
index 29c2b11..62a24a9 100755
--- a/git-status.sh
+++ b/git-status.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ perl -e '$/ = "\0";
 		s|\n|\\n|g;
 		s/^/#	/;
 		if (!$shown) {
-			print "#\n# Ignored files:\n";
+			print "#\n# Untracked files:\n";
 			print "#   (use \"git add\" to add to commit)\n#\n";
 			$shown = 1;
 		}