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

Marco [off-list ref] writes:

To sum this up: -A would be a nice-to-have feature but it's not necessary to
implement since we have add -A. But if I'm willing to implement it myself I'm
free to do that.

"It's not necessary to implement since we have add -A" is not what I said.
"I've shown the way long time ago, but that hasn't happened yet" was.

Luckily, it seems that it is changing now ;-).