Teach git stash and git commit the -A option

[dscho]

The git add -A command can be used to conveniently add all files, whether they are tracked or not yet tracked (excluding the ones ignored via .gitignore/.git/info/excludes).

This convenience would come in quite nicely in the stash/commit commands, too (in the latter case, many test cases could be simplified using this new option).

The git stash command already has the --include-untracked option that does this, but not the short-and-sweet short option -A. The git commit command does not have any equivalent (it has the --untracked-files option, but that is really just modifying the output of git status).

Sadly, we cannot add --all, too, as that is already used for something different in git stash: it includes the ignored files, too. Likewise, git commit --all commits all tracked files, and does not add the untracked files (unlike git add --all).

[johnlinp]

Since --include-untracked in git stash already has a short option -u, why do we want to add another short option -A?

[dscho]

Since --include-untracked in git stash already has a short option -u, why do we want to add another short option -A?

Maybe because it is confusing that the same mode has different short options for different commands? I mean, git add -u does something completely different than git stash -u?

[johnlinp]

I see. Are you suggesting that --include-untracked in git stash should have 2 short options, -u and -A? Does any other long option has 2 short options in git?

[dscho]

Are you suggesting that --include-untracked in git stash should have 2 short options, -u and -A?

My personal preference would be to have one short option, and one that is consistent with all the other commands.

Whether this is the way forward will have to be hashed out when this ticket is addressed.

[johnlinp]

If this is the case, I think we should remove the "good first issue" label from this issue since it has more impact than a "good first issue" should do.