Hi, On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> $ touch bar > >> $ git diff > >> diff --git a/bar b/bar <--- here ---< > >> $ git status > >> # On branch master > >> nothing to commit (working directory clean) > >> $ git diff <--- status updated > >> the stat in the index. > >> > >> Is this intended, > > > > Yes. Very much so, intentionally, from very early days of git. > > This serves as a reminder to the user that he started editing > > but changed his mind to end up with the same contents as the > > original, until the next "update-index --refresh" (which is > > internally invoked from "status"). > > > > If the feature still makes sense in the modern world is a > > different story, but I do find it useful. > > I understand that it can be usefull, but I really don't like having it > by default (is there a way to deactivate it BTW?). Yes. Just call "git status" and be done with it. Ciao, Dscho - 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