Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"

On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:29:13 -0500 (EST), Nicolas Pitre wrote:

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Hmph.  Wouldn't this lossage the same as the lossage we are
removing the "safety valve" for, when "commit --only" jumps the
index?

Losing an intermediate file state is much less severe than losing the
latest file state I would think.

Or, in fact, the _only_ state, (if using git-rm to "undo" a git-add of
a new file, for instance).

And as for "jumping" the intermediate state without the safety valve
of "git commit files..." I'm waiting to hear what Junio has to say
about my "two conceptually distinct commit commands" proposal which
would provide a way to avoid that, (the user just indicates whether
it's index content or working-tree content that is to be committed).

-Carl