From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1281FCA9 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:56:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752978AbcILE4q (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:56:46 -0400 Received: from mail-yb0-f170.google.com ([209.85.213.170]:36847 "EHLO mail-yb0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751633AbcILE4p (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:56:45 -0400 Received: by mail-yb0-f170.google.com with SMTP id u125so46038668ybg.3 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:56:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=JiUvqcMyOTOXLEy0bk0zpIbjVF6Zz7o9fxrPh1ffVz0=; b=0v/VE0d57maBlz7gd6EpijsGWChHEa7vSiVY/9AVDsmwIU0T6IVsaKXAkH28eTw9UA q7OBXmDsaSxy6+pEIE+SWhsY1HKqdgNEwDcId6qYgdJaM/51pG6yTurmURwwqkVq7zyg ckkh5lzL77oBmGBF+LPjx87Gy2PsudTfq5RayF9S0UMfZeqA5/gHY0icDqVqOp5k9jsR fs+bsKtnQcT9+75w7emKf7sR/7PKiinf/7AJknxLd1WT28ojyafMvfM20yDntNWveivs LV0praA9wQg79zw/RgdLEq/7TsnSuBeI3iXFsiSkSYWldEg9Lequkx/KJTOok3BIBdQF UfTA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=JiUvqcMyOTOXLEy0bk0zpIbjVF6Zz7o9fxrPh1ffVz0=; b=IAzqjPPGtRSAity4KPf+eTEuEWX+/VypgEgHtewmZcTyQuU6vp58YdTt+kg57ypQgY adUNTF8e7qyLNE+sFQwvf/h918/ZHhrfsyMhh1ZV1br2dVKU31PWXON6u/6uwXYwjKtr PAW3+knmJrap8q4U4uhsYAl3K8up/KolhE5w3PHA/UO6Gket3D2JEH1xSnptOp1V5IB/ ExiExXhX1CqKHg8HSIk518w309VqyQ6+lY2F8S8vU7ZhRk86W3nNpBlNcQThuyi73hgn 6DT+OHHBTSV6htNPOukCFk1bRkLoF16BZpkPoN0kDDkwfhyxG1U3YaI4rMOgDEZO2dXX YCgA== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwN+O7r0EyORHhNkzbcnILNWhCkppjGgmEjWgrVi0m7Pha1QReunEr+QTgOmAQW0w4IcQr/80gk4zlCqYA== X-Received: by 10.37.214.75 with SMTP id n72mr16036502ybg.118.1473656204985; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:56:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.96.195 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:56:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <87zinmhx68.fsf@juno.home.vuxu.org> <23de5ffe-eaf8-2d62-2202-f1bf6087d44b@gmail.com> <87inu4bxt7.fsf@juno.home.vuxu.org> From: Jacob Keller Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:56:24 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: git commit -p with file arguments To: Junio C Hamano Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Jakub_Nar=C4=99bski?= , Christian Neukirchen , Git mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > You are excused ;-) > > In ancient days, "git commit " was to add the contents > from working tree files that match to what is already in > the index and create a commit from that state. This ran against the > intuition of many users who knew older systems (e.g. cvs) and we had > to migrate it to the current behaviour by breaking backward > compatibility. I see. Thanks, Jake