Re: [PATCH/RFC] Make git-commit cleverer - have it figure out whether it needs -a automatically

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: 2006-12-02 00:07:38
On 12/1/06, Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The is dangerous on filesystems which lie to the programs about file
> > metadata. The "virtual filesystem" of cygwin is one of this kind: exec-bit
> > of the files depend
> > on its contents. Just calling git-commit -a will commit executability
> > at this particular
> > moment. For whatever reason, disabling handling of the exec-mode in gits
> > config does not work.
>
> Surely this is a separate fault?
>

Of course it is. It's just that the problem is not solved yet,
and if -a becomes git-commit's default a simple git-commit
will be a real annoying thing.

> > If you about to change the behavior, provide at least a config option
> > to go back
> > to the old git-commit, which didn't do any magic.
>
> Wasn't the whole point of this to avoid needing another config option?
>

was it it the point of breaking existing setups?
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Received on Sat Dec 02 00:07:53 2006

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