On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 12:33:33PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > But your comment made me think again: It's better to "cp" those > files/directories, and then "git add" the relevant ones. It even avoids > stupid mistakes where you commit something you "cp"ed, but did not need. that's exactly why i think git-cp makes sense. git cp copies the directory tree and adds the tracked files to the index. if you use cp -R to copy the directory tree then git add, you can easily add untracked files, while git cp avoids this. if you count gitignore, then it's like: why having git commit -a if we have git add -u and git commit? (if i'm right you mean: use cp -R and git add, instead of git cp) thanks - VMiklos
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