From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked files
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:14:52 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808062012260.26972@harper.uchicago.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808070239120.9611@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
Hi,
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>
> > A user unfamiliar with CVS might not realize that a git-add is
> > needed before commiting new files.
>
> Funny. I haven't used CVS for a while now, but I seem to remember that
> "cvs commit newfile.c" without a prior "cvs add newfile.c" is not allowed.
Yes, this is a closely related statement: a user familiar with CVS should
already know to add. :)
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-07 1:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-06 21:22 Documentation: user-manual: "git commit -a" doesn't motivate .gitignore Jonathan Nieder
2008-08-06 21:47 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-08-06 22:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2008-08-06 22:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2008-08-07 0:15 ` [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with tracked files Jonathan Nieder
2008-08-07 0:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-07 1:14 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2008-08-07 11:00 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-08-07 11:52 ` Peter Krefting
2008-08-07 12:24 ` Documentation: user-manual: "git commit -a" doesn't motivate .gitignore J. Bruce Fields
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