Marco venit, vidit, dixit 24.02.2011 11:22:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to git and a bit confused about how some commands work.
>
> git add . -- Adds everything *but* deleted files
> git add -A -- Adds everything
> git commit -a -m "whatever" -- Commits everything *but* new files
>
> I don't understand why there's not switch (is there?) for commit to commit new
> and deleted files, like -A for git add? Is the only thing to do this sth like
>
> git add -A && git commit -m "Message"
"commit -a" is much like "add -u", at least when used without file
arguments ("pathspec").
"commit -A" does not exist, so that "git add -A && git commit" is your
only way.
Why does it not exist? Because you should at least
"git add -A && git status && behappy && git commit".
The middle part of that line could be done in the editor which commit
invokes, of course.
>From the technical side: git-add and git-commit share surprsingly little
code (the "add" part of commit is not shared). So, implementing it
wouldn't simply be a different "add call" from commit.
Also, "-A" supports a very "un-gitty" way of using git. This makes it
unlikely that someone cares to implement it... (By "un-gitty" I don't
mean a matter of personal taste, but a matter of fruitful habits.)
Michael
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