git-commit: Now --only semantics is the default.

Junio C Hamano · Junio C Hamano · commit 4170a1958728 · 2006-02-12T23:55:07.000-08:00
This changes the "git commit paths..." to default to --only
semantics from traditional --include semantics, as agreed on the
list.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;junkio@cox.net&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-commit' [-a] [-i] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
-	   [-e] [--author <author>] [--] <file>...
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [-e] [--author <author>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -73,15 +73,20 @@ OPTIONS
 	commit the whole index.  This is the traditional
 	behaviour.
 
---::
-	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-
-<file>...::
+-o|--only::
 	Commit only the files specified on the command line.
 	This format cannot be used during a merge, nor when the
 	index and the latest commit does not match on the
 	specified paths to avoid confusion.
 
+--::
+	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<file>...::
+	Files to be committed.  The meaning of these is
+	different between `--include` and `--only`.  Without
+	either, it defaults `--only` semantics.
+
 If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1].
 
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 # Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
 
-USAGE='[-a] [-i] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-e] [--author <author>] [<path>...]'
+USAGE='[-a] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-e] [--author <author>] [[-i | -o] <path>...]'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
 
@@ -340,11 +340,8 @@ case "$#,$also$only" in
 0,)
   ;;
 *,)
-  echo >&2 "assuming --include paths..."
-  also=t
-  # Later when switch the defaults, we will replace them with these:
-  # echo >&2 "assuming --only paths..."
-  # also=
+  echo >&2 "assuming --only paths..."
+  also=
 
   # If we are going to launch an editor, the message won't be
   # shown without this...
