Hi, On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Robert Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Johannes Schindelin > <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Robert Anderson wrote: > > > >> Seems to me the concept of the "index" is a half-baked version of > >> what I really want, which is the ability to factor a working tree's > >> changes into its constituent parts in preparation for committing > >> them. > > > > Half-baked is probably too strong a word. > > It is too subtle. That the index state - which becomes the next > committed state - is not available for building or testing before > committing is a deep flaw. > > > Now, this is not necessarily what everybody wants, which is why many > > people are fine with the index. > > But it is something they should want, and should have, if they care > about the quality of their commits. This is too narrow-minded a view for me. No longer interested, 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
