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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: clarify that git-commit only works with
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:14:52 -0500 (CDT)
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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