Re: way to automatically add untracked files?

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

[please, netiquette says that you should Cc _at least_ the one you're 
responding to]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Miles Bader wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> But I'm wondering whether we'd want to include it in git by default 
> >> (instead of having to tell confused users to add the alias).
> >
> > I recommend against that, too.  All too often, I have some temporary files 
> > in the working tree, and I'll be dimmed if I'm the only one.  So 
> > "addremove" adds too much possibility for pilot errors.
> 
> "Recommend against it"?  Why?

Didn't I say that? It just _asks_ for pilot errors.

> It's a separate command, so if it doesn't fit your working style, don't
> use it.

Hah!  If that were true, we'd have a lot less mails like "I tried this and 
it did not work", only to find out that the person assumed that 
documentation is for wimps, and tried a command that "sounded" like it 
would do the right thing.

Ciao,
Dscho