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From: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Subject: Re: Please default to 'commit -a' when no changes were added
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:15:45 +0200
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Cc: Adam Brewster <adambrewster@gmail.com>,
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Adam Brewster wrote:
>
>> Consider
>>=20
>> $ echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nif git diff-tree --quiet HEAD; then git comm=
it
>> -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 s=
ounds 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 tha=
t most
> of them hide it from the user.
>
> This may sound pedantic, I realize.
>
> Have fun,
> Jonathan

Other RCS use an index of files they track. Git uses an index of patch
chunks to commit. Same name, totaly different concept.

Or am I understanding that wrong?

MfG
        Goswin