Re: Why doesn't git commit -a track new files

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:02:15PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote:

> "commit -A" does not exist, so that "git add -A && git commit" is your
> only way.
>
> [...]
>
> Also, "-A" supports a very "un-gitty" way of using git. This makes it
> unlikely that someone cares to implement it... (By "un-gitty" I don't
> mean a matter of personal taste, but a matter of fruitful habits.)

Actually, I would find "git commit -A" useful. Not as part of my normal
project workflow, but would be a great shorthand for one-off debuggings
(e.g., "echo content >>file && git commit -A -m msg", which Just Works
whether it is the first or a later commit).

But as you mentioned, it is sadly not as trivial as just adding a new
way to call "git add". So I think nobody has simply cared enough to
implement it to date.

-Peff