From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 19:07:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <11784859173386-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Matthieu Moy X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon May 07 01:08:17 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hkpps-0008Md-Eo for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 01:08:12 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752043AbXEFXHy (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 May 2007 19:07:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752068AbXEFXHy (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 May 2007 19:07:54 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:44885 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752043AbXEFXHx (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 May 2007 19:07:53 -0400 Received: from xanadu.home ([74.56.106.175]) by VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JHN007YG6X3PN80@VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 19:07:51 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: <11784859173386-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, 6 May 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy > --- > Documentation/git-commit.txt | 3 ++- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt > index 2895225..d024c03 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt > @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ OPTIONS > -a|--all:: > Tell the command to automatically stage files that have > been modified and deleted, but new files you have not > - told git about are not affected. > + told git about are not affected. You should use it for most > + trivial operations. I don't think this patch is worth it. If anything it might create more confusion. There are many ways to commit without -a which still could be considered amongst "most trivial operations". Nicolas