From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Raymond Subject: Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:09:31 -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20100424090931.GA23202@thyrsus.com> References: <20100422151037.2310.2429.reportbug@frosties.localdomain> <20100422155806.GC4801@progeny.tock> <4BD1EE10.4010009@gmx.de> <4BD21CAB.8060903@gmx.de> <20100423222522.GA21224@thyrsus.com> <20100424043821.GA21973@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Witten X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Apr 24 11:09:39 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O5bMo-00034w-70 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:09:38 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752703Ab0DXJJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:09:33 -0400 Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5]:52483 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752612Ab0DXJJc (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:09:32 -0400 Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 23) id A39D7479E92; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:09:31 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Michael Witten : > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 23:38, Eric Raymond wrote: > > And commands that are simple, orthogonal, and easy to mentally model do that. > > You get to provide the policy you want by scripting them. > > Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to contradict your conclusions. I thought you might be, then realized you might not be, and tried to stick to saying nomething neutrally affirmative that would be appropriate in either case. -- Eric S. Raymond