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From: Thomas Anderson <zelnaga@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: a few beginner git questions
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:23:18 -0600
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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Tait <git.git@t41t.com> wrote:
>> 1. When do you commit changes and when do you stage changes? =A0Or m=
aybe
>> more to the point, what's the difference between doing "stage, commi=
t,
>> stage, commit" and "stage, stage, commit"?
>
> Staging changes is a prerequisite to committing them. With stage, com=
mit,
> stage, commit you will have two commits in history. With stage, stage=
,
> commit you will have only one commit in history. What you stage (or
> neglect to stage) is not part of recorded history in the repository. =
What
> you commit, is.

What's the difference, then, between doing "stage, stage, commit" as
opposed to "stage, commit"?  Why not just make all commits stage
automatically?