On 2011-02-24 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't understand why there's not switch (is there?) for commit to > > commit new and deleted files, like -A for git add? > > Historical accident. In the early days of git, there was no .gitignore > mechanism, so a mode that operates on everything under the working tree > was almost always an undesired thing to have (think *.o files). > > Then .gitignore mechanism came, and "add ." has become usable. But > "commit -a" has been widely used way before that. > > If you look at "commit -a" within that context, you would understand why > it should only look at the paths git knows about. > > Of course, "add -A" is a much later invention. The option was named "-A" > with capital letter, even though there is no "add -a". > > This was because I knew we would eventually want to have "commit -A" that > grabs everything and new files (honoring the gitignore mechanism), and > aimed for consistency between "add -A" that I was adding, and "commit -A" > that was yet to be written. See 3ba1f11 (git-add --all: add all files, > 2008-07-19). > > I think it now is sensible to add "commit -A" if somebody is inclined to > do so. Nobody felt the need for it strongly enough to do so, it seems. Thank you for the detailed explanation. To sum this up: -A would be a nice-to-have feature but it's not necessary to implement since we have add -A. But if I'm willing to implement it myself I'm free to do that. Regards Marco -- 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