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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2013-01-28 10:16:33 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-01-28 10:31:35 -0800
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add: warn when -u or -A is used without pathspec
Most Git commands that can be used with or without pathspec operate tree-wide by default, the pathspec being used to restrict their scope. A few exceptions are: 'git grep', 'git clean', 'git add -u' and 'git add -A'. When run in a subdirectory without pathspec, they operate only on paths in the current directory. The inconsistency of 'git add -u' and 'git add -A' is particularly problematic since other 'git add' subcommands (namely 'git add -p' and 'git add -e') are tree-wide by default. It also means that "git add -u && git commit" will record a state that is different from what is recorded with "git commit -a". Flipping the default now is unacceptable, so let's start training users to type 'git add -u|-A :/' or 'git add -u|-A .' explicitly, to prepare for the next steps: * forbid 'git add -u|-A' without pathspec (like 'git add' without option) * much later, maybe, re-allow 'git add -u|-A' without pathspec, that will add all tracked and modified files, or all files, tree-wide. A nice side effect of this patch is that it makes the :/ magic pathspec easier to discover for users. When the command is called from the root of the tree, there is no ambiguity and no need to change the behavior, hence no need to warn. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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