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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:56:42 +0200 (CEST)
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Hi,

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Tarmigan wrote:

> It's too bad that 'commit -a' and 'add -a' will have different
> meanings.

Two things:

- add and commit are two _different_ operations, not only in name, but 
  also in nature.  The fact that "commit -a" calls "add" is a _pure_ 
  convenience.  It does not change the fact that "add" and "commit" are 
  completely, utterly different.

- if you are a heavy user of "commit -a", chances are that your history is 
  not really useful, because you committed unrelated changes accidentally 
  in the same commit.

The latter point, BTW, is the reason I _never_ teach the "-a" option 
(actually, I teach no option at all) in my first two Git lessons.

Ciao,
Dscho