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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1.8.0] add: make "add -u" update full tree without pathspec
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:35:15 +0100
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Heya,

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:46, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote=
:
> =C2=A0* Ship this as 1.7.X and see how well the new feature is accept=
ed in the
> =C2=A0 wider user community. =C2=A0If the feature is not widely used,=
 there is no
> =C2=A0 point in proceeding further.

I'm confused, I thought we were doing this for consistency reasons?
That would benefit mostly new users, right? New users, which are
unlikely to notice this new feature, or report to this list that they
find it useful?

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier