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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 'commit -a' safety
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On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> Third, there is "git add -N" to mark file as tracked, but not add its
> current context.
>
> =A0$ git add -N file
> =A0$ edit file
> =A0$ git commit -a

Meh.  It's going to still require people to change their habits, and
while requiring people to use -N whenever they think they may want to
use "commit -a" later would work, it feels awkward and artificial.

All in all, it just doesn't smell clean, and I suspect that would
prevent many people from enabling such a feature.

-Miles

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