On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> What this will "achieve" is:
>
> $ git add hello.c ;# index remembers the path
> $ git diff ;# nothing -- it sees 0{40} and 0{40} on both sides
> $ edit hello.c
> $ git diff ;# still nothing
> $ git commit ;# takes the content of 'hello.c' at this point
>
> This is a non-trivial amount of work but not a rocket science.
> It is however of a negative value that helps the users stick to
> the "filename matters more than content" mindset.
And personally I think this bastardizes the index.
I think so far the index is not a problem. the problem is in the UI and
in the doc. With a "git add" as I described it I don't think the user
will ask for such thing.
And let's have a "git diff --commit" be a much meaningful alias for the
appropriate diff argument (which argument I always forget about myself)
needed to show what is going to be committed.
Nicolas
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