Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> But v1.5.2.5~1 (git-add -u paths... now works from subdirectory, >> 2007-08-16) changed the semantics to limit the operation to the >> working tree. > > Not really. It fixed "git add -u path", not plain "git add -u". A quick > test checking out and compiling v1.5.2.5~1^ shows that "git add -u ." > from a subdirectory was adding everything from the root. > > My interpretation is that v1.5.2.5~1 fixed an actual bug, without > thinking about what would happen when "git add -u" was called without > path, so the behavior is "what happens to be the most natural to > implement". I guess at this point it does not matter that much if that was an unintended consequence of a buggy fix, or a new behaviour by design. We initially were tree-wide but later limited the operation to the current directory. I think your "Check 'git diff' then run 'git add -u'" example may be a good enough argument that it is a good idea to restore the originally intended "tree-wide" behaviour in any case. -- 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