From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH] make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:04:28 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <200612020828.57989.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> <87psb22qgu.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <200612021805.09143.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 04:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Carl Worth , Junio C Hamano Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-reply-to: <200612021805.09143.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gqiar-0001Xh-75 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:04:45 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936653AbWLCEEa (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:04:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S936654AbWLCEEa (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:04:30 -0500 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:1582 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936653AbWLCEE3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:04:29 -0500 Received: from xanadu.home ([74.56.106.175]) by VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0J9O0012YJBHXH40@VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:04:29 -0500 (EST) To: Alan Chandler Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Alan Chandler wrote: > The argument I was _trying_ to make was that we should teach the second > conceptual model not the first one AND stick with just the git add command > (in response to your (Carl's) statement earlier in the thread that there > needs to be two separate commands) . My if statements were to illustrate > that there are two fundamental ways of looking at this, not lots of ifs that > newbies would have to consider. We should up-front (in the tutorial, in > appropriate man pages) use the one conceptual model (and I also like Junio's > argument that git should take an aggressive stance of this is how the > conceptual model is rather than the "contrary to ..." approach). Agreed.