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From: Thore Husfeldt <thore.husfeldt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git terminology: remote, add, track, stage, etc.
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:31:25 +0200
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On 21 Oct 2010, at 13:20, Drew Northup wrote:

> Ok, so what will "git stage" do when a change of a file is already
> staged and it is executed again (on new changes)?

Presumably what it already does: nothing. But one could argue that the =
more public-relations minded command =93git stage=94 should give better=
 feedback. Like so:

> $ git commit=20
> $ ... edit A.txt ...
> $ git stage B.txt
> git stage: Did nothing. No uncommitted changes to stage in B.txt.
> $ git stage A.txt
> $ git stage A.txt
> git stage: Did nothing. Changes in A.txt already staged. Use `git dif=
f --staged A.txt` to see them.