Re: [PATCH 0/2] Making "git commit" to mean "git commit -a".

Steven Grimm wrote:

Am I missing some magic index command that would support multi-level 
backing out? Obviously StGIT is an option as well, but that seems like 
overkill when all I want is to checkpoint my work. The above is why, 
even though (I think) I know enough about the index to use it as you 
describe, I often don't bother and just run "commit -a" during 
development instead. When I merge, I usually fold all my checkpoint 
commits together and merge the change as a logical unit.
  

Try `git commit --amend'.