On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 07:59:57PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > * jk/empty-tree (Wed Feb 13 05:50:51 2008 -0500) 2 commits > + add--interactive: handle initial commit better > + hard-code the empty tree object > > Jeff added code to deal with the initial commit case better in > "git-add -i". Personally I wonder why we bother (if it is an > initial commit, the user _knows_ there is nothing to diff in the > HEAD as there is no HEAD yet, heavens), but the code is already > there so why not. I was also tempted to just have it output "you can't do this, it's an initial commit." But the change was fairly easy, and I think Kate's point is valid: even though it's an unlikely corner case, new users are likely to start exploring at that corner case, so it helps with new user perception that we handle it gracefully. -Peff - 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
