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=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Making "git commit" to mean "git commit -a". Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:41:41 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <7virgzuf38.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vr6vmsnly.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <87ejrlvn7r.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vodqpn3t4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vk61dn2yj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <456EBBE7.8030404@op5.se> <20061130164046.GB17715@thunk.org> <87irgwu6e6.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <87hcwgu5t1.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <456F4E38.50001@codeweavers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 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 1Gptdh-0002YK-PW for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:40:18 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967929AbWK3VkO (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967930AbWK3VkO (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:14 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:62158 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967929AbWK3VkL (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:11 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GptdO-0002TQ-9G for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:39:58 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.24.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:39:58 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:39:58 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Robert Shearman wrote: > Having the index exposed for even simple operations means that the user > has to initially learn three states instead of two. The worst thing > about the index is that it is a limbo state. The committed content is in > the history and can be viewed by gitk (and other tools that the user > will be introduced to later) and the working tree is exactly what the > user sees in their editor. Having a hidden state isn't very good from an > HCI point of view. Index is accessible, just like committed contents. The fact that gitk, qgit, git-gui doesn't display state of index is their limitation. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git