On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 09:03:55AM -0700, Jon Forrest wrote:

The documentation clearly says that running "git commit -a"
doesn't add new files to the index. I wonder why that choice
was made.

I use `git commit -a` all the time in workspaces that are dirty.  It
would be exceedingly annoying if `git commit -a` were to act like `git
add . && git commit`.

Would the addition of "git commit -A" (note the capital letter)
that works the same as "git commit -a", except that new files
are also added be something you'd consider?

[Not being part of the team I can't answer this.  But as a user I
wouldn't mind, and I would almost never use it.]

Nico
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