Peter Baumann <waste.manager@xxxxxx> writes: > Yes. I fully second Linus opinion. But I think there should be > a difference in adding completly new content to the index > (number of entries in the index grows) or replacing content in > the index. Huh? > ? So take five minutes to really think about that. Take an hour. Take a > ? week. Ponder it. I'd second this ;-). > ? What does it mean to "add" something to a project? It has _nothing_ to do > ? with "filenames". Yeah, the filename obviously exists, but it's not > ? something that exists on its own. You add the ONLY thing that git tracks. > ? > ? You add CONTENT. > ? > ? When you do "git add file.c" you aren't adding a filename to the list of > ? files that git knows about. Not even CLOSE. No. You are really adding > ? _content_ to the project you are tracking. Read this again, please. Ponder it if you may. > ? So even without an index, "git add" should work the way it works, once you > ? can just let go of the broken model that is CVS. > ? > ? Please. Join me, Luke. The power of the git side is stronger. I am your > ? father. > ? > ? Linus And probably I am your uncle ;-). - 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