Re: Why doesn't git commit -a track new files

Matthieu Moy venit, vidit, dixit 24.02.2011 17:04:

Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] writes:

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Why does it not exist? Because you should at least
"git add -A && git status && behappy && git commit".

There are alternatives like

git status && behappy && git commit -A

That may not give the full picture of untracked stuff in subdirs.

or

git commit -A && look at status $EDITOR && behapy && save

Yes, I even mentioned that, but you cut it. Bad bad boy! ;)

quoted

Also, "-A" supports a very "un-gitty" way of using git. This makes it
unlikely that someone cares to implement it...

I guess that's it. It's not usefull to most Git developers, hence nobody
cared to implement it. But IIRC the switch "add -A" was chosen partly
because -A didn't exist for commit, hence this leaves room for commit

Yes.

So, we have one more volunteer for the plan just laid out, right?

Michael