Re: [PATCH] Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations
From: Nicolas Pitre <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:08
On Sun, 6 May 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <redacted> --- 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