On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 06:45:30AM +0000, Isaac Oscar Gariano wrote: > I often use 'git commit some-file -m 'some message'" to quickly make a commit, but this is annoying as it doesn't work if some-file is untracked, you first have to do 'git add some-file'. > It would also be nice to do this with the `-a` option as well. > Is there any reason why git does not let you do this? > Would people be open to me making a patch that ads this? Would it need to be behind an option for backwards-compatibility? Hello, if the exposed index gets in your way you can consider some porcelain that hides the index, such as jujutsu. Thanks Michal