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Revision 3ba1f114267b19a458df0f1d714dc4010ec9cc56 authored by Junio C Hamano on 20 July 2008, 02:51:11 UTC, committed by Junio C Hamano on 20 July 2008, 06:08:58 UTC
People sometimes find that "git add -u && git add ." are 13 keystrokes too
many. This reduces it by nine.
The support of this has been very low priority for me personally, because
I almost never do "git add ." in a directory with already tracked files,
and in a new directory, there is no point saying "git add -u".
However, for two types of people (that are very different from me), this
mode of operation may make sense and there is no reason to leave it
unsupported. That is:
(1) If you are extremely well disciplined and keep perfect .gitignore, it
always is safe to say "git add ."; or
(2) If you are extremely undisciplined and do not even know what files
you created, and you do not very much care what goes in your history,
it does not matter if "git add ." included everything.
So there it is, although I suspect I will not use it myself, ever.
It will be too much of a change that is against the expectation of the
existing users to allow "git commit -a" to include untracked files, and
it would be inconsistent if we named this new option "-a", so the short
option is "-A". We _might_ want to later add "git commit -A" but that is
a separate topic.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Tip revision: 3ba1f114267b19a458df0f1d714dc4010ec9cc56 authored by Junio C Hamano on 20 July 2008, 02:51:11 UTC
git-add --all: add all files
git-add --all: add all files
Tip revision: 3ba1f11
README
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
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unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
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It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/tutorial.txt to get started, then see
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CVS users may also want to read Documentation/cvs-migration.txt.
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