Hi Alistair, On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Alistair Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:07:23PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > so after fixing "git remote get-url origin" to fail over to "git remote > > show origin | filter and munge" the culture shock of "git commit -a" (git > > commit does nothing ?!?!?) > > "git commit" will commit anything that has been "git add"ed to the > index. -a is a convenience to automatically stage files that have been > modified. > What I don't understand is how, or indeed why, one stages modified files. I get that adding files requires informing git. But why doesn't "git commit" commit modified files by default? Why do I have to use git commit -a to include modified files? > > HTH, > Alistair > > > -- _,,,^..^,,,_ best, Eliot
