Applying Jonathan's idea on top of the early part that has graduated to 'master', here is to add "--ignore-removal" (which is a more natural way to say "--no-all") and use it in the warning message. Junio C Hamano (2): git add: --ignore-removal is a better named --no-all git add: rephrase -A/--no-all warning Documentation/git-add.txt | 10 ++++++---- builtin/add.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) -- 1.8.2.1-683-g39c426e -- 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