From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:27:23 -0500
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Adam Brewster wrote:

> Consider
>=20
> $ echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nif git diff-tree --quiet HEAD; then git commi=
t
> -a; else git commit; fi' > `git --exec-path`/git-ci
> $ chmod 555 `git --exec-path`/git-ci

Or just put it in your $PATH. :)

By the way, all this talk of =E2=80=9Cif there is an index=E2=80=9D sou=
nds funny to
my brainwashed ears.  Every version control system I have tried uses
an index to ensure consistency during a commit; it=E2=80=99s just that =
most
of them hide it from the user.

This may sound pedantic, I realize.

Have fun,
Jonathan