On 1/27/21 2:04 PM, Otto Urpelainen wrote: > The other option of not using 'git add .' can also be described as > mentally filtering out all the irrelevant unstaged changes to find the > ones that should actually be added. That adds cognitive burden, slows > things down and leads to mistakes every now and then. It does not help > to say "do not make mistakes" if the task is inherently error-prone. > Such filtering is something a computer should do, which leads us back to > .gitignore.
FWIW, 'git add -u' (--update) will limit you to files that are already part of the repo. You still need to pay attention if there really are new files though, like a new patch. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]
