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From: "Robert Anderson" <rwa000@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: An alternate model for preparing partial commits
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:00:11 -0700
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On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com> wrote:
> The answer is simple: you should not be making partial commits to a
> repo that has been cloned.  You should instead be working somewhere
> else and then pushing to it.  So this whole sentence is just a moot
> point itself.

Ah, now you've hit the crux.  Thank you for the "svn style" response
here.  I "should not" because git has a deficiency.  Absolutely no
other reason.

Thanks,
Bob