Re: Anyone want to help make zsh/db/gdbm work?

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:49:14 +0300
ZyX <kp-pav@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 23.01.2015, 09:00, "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Jan 23,  8:37am, ZyX wrote:
> > } It looks like if you forgot to `git add` Doc/Zsh/mod_db_gdbm.yo. I do
> > } not see it in the patch, only a small reference here.
> >
> > Actually what I didn't realize was that one has to diff against
> > origin/master for new files, rather than against the local master.
> 
> I have run into this problem a few times: by default git diffs against
> index (not the current revision) and when you do `git add` then file
> is added to the index as a whole making just `git diff` not present
> it.

The standard fix for this is "git diff --staged" (or --cached) but you
have to remember --- it's particular confusing if you've got some stuff
staged and some not as you only get to see diffs for one or other.  I'm
not sure it's quite what Bart is talking about as that seems to be
about committed files.

pws