Re: 'commit -a' safety

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] wrote:

Third, there is "git add -N" to mark file as tracked, but not add its
current context.

 $ git add -N file
 $ edit file
 $ 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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