On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 19:51, Zorba <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The manual shows you can SHOW untracked files, but not add them as part of > the commit -a jig > > Seems a bit strange that git-add operates on both exisging and new files > when used standalone, but its behaviour changes when encapsulated in > commit -a... > > So, I thought maybe $ git commit -a, then $ git add . > but then the files tracked have missed the commit boat they were meant to be > on, haven't they, > > hang on - > what about > > $ git add . > $ git commit -a > > I do believe I've cracked it > if so, it seems a bit wasteful, 2x adds (one explicti and one embedded > in -a) ? shame on you linux kernel guys, i'd have expected better :-) > > "Zorba" <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:gjc52u$ehc$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ok, now I'm in this for real, archiving versions of our website project >> (5k files approx) >> >> so here is the workflow: >> >> - copy version 1 files into GIT dir >> >> - open git bash >> >> $ git init >> >> $ git add . >> >> $ git commit -m "version1" >> >> all vanilla ? cool >> next job = store version 2, so delete version 1 files from GIT dir, copy >> in version 2 >> version2 has different files from 1 - which ones? Out of 5k files could be >> 1% = 50 new ones, and same amount removed. Why should I care, with such a >> powerful friend as git around, n'est pas? >> THIS TIME we are going to be CLEVER and use "-a" flag on commit to pick up >> any files that have been REMOVED (or "deleted" in git-speak) >> >> $ git commit -a -m "version2" >> >> BUT this does not pick up any new ones that have been added, >> >> and when we run >> >> $ git status > ../git_status.txt >> >> these are referred to as "untracked files" >> only problem there are 50 ish >> is there not another flag on git commit to treat any untracked file as a >> new file ? >> (would save me typing or creating a list out of these untracked ones and >> feeding them into git add) >> >> I know, I realise now I should have looked up git-commit in the manual - >> in case its not there, pls enlighten me ! >> >> >> > > > > -- > 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 > If you do an explicit git add, then you don't need the -a on git commit, since everything you want to commit will already be in the index for git commit to work with. -- 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
