hello, bug is easily reproducible by > foo git add foo git commit --amend :q! 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 test git --version git version 1.7.0.2 aboves is usage with vim as patch editor. The expected behaviour would be to have not foo add to repo. afair this feature^Wbug exists since loooong. thanks + kind regards -- maks -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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