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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc:     Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 'git commit .' in a subdirectory also commits staged files in
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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

>> 'git commit .' in one of them attempted to commit all of them, not
>> only the files in that subdirectory.
>>
>> This is a very unreasonable behavior, because while being in any
>> subdirectory 'git commit .' should only affect that subdirectory, and
>> not files elsewhere.
>
> That isn't right, though I can't reproduce what you describe from your
> report. Try this script out:
> ...

"git commit --include ." would exhibit the behaviour, but that
should not be the default, so I am also puzzled.