Hi Junio, On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I am not sure if it should be left as the responsibility of the > > caller (i.e. check the_index.initialized to bark at a caller that > > forgets to read from an index) ... > > Scatch that. That would not work in a freshly created repository > before doing any "git add". An empty index is a normal state, so it > would not just be annoying to warn "You called me without reading > the index" but is simply wrong. Fine. I changed it to assert that the_index.initialized was set. Ciao, Dscho