Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes: > I also think that test is historical, from before Junio cleaned up how > "git commit" worked - it _used_ to be that "git commit" would work in the > current index, but these days it generates a new index to commit when you > do "-o", so there's really no _technical_ reason to refuse the partial > commit any more as far as I can see. > > So I don't know. I don't think you were being dumb, I think git could have > been friendlier to you. I have to go back to the list archive, but if I recall correctly the refusal was added to be friendlier -- by being safer -- and was not there in the earlier round of -o/-i proposal. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html