Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx>: > Am 23.04.2010 21:34, schrieb Michael Witten: > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 13:59, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> I'd also concur that "default to commit -a" would be a most undesireable > > > > The proposal was not "default to commit -a" but rather "default to > > commit -a when the index has not been explicitly updated with > > something like git add". > > Which is the same: > > default (n) (5b) "a selection automatically used by a computer program > in the absence of a choice made by the user" (Merriam-Webster) > > No previous "git add" => default "git commit -a". Exactly what I don't > want. It makes the software appear at nondeterministic as you add to > the "if"s and "but"s, and it breaks established practice. > > It is not desirable to break established workflows for the sake of > newcomers' convenience. Speaking as a relative newcomer, I concur. Commands that are simpler to mentally model, because they don't have a lot of exception cases, are better. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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