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From: Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re* git commit fails under some circumstances
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:23:24 +0100
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On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 01:18 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > The alternative, "git add everything else, then use git diff --cached" I
> > believe is unsuitable
> 
> It sounds as if you are looking for "git diff HEAD" to me...
> 

Quite possible another case of "the mindset of someone used to using the
index, and so always wanting to reference it, clashing with the mindset
of someone who never uses the index, and so doesn't even consider it".
Quite possible this is indeed the solution that was needed.