`git-release` adds changes for *all* checked-in files
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Description
https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/bin/git-release#L41
git-release should only add changes for files that it has modified, not all checked-in files.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at bin/git-release#L41 and inspect how the release command stages files. Reproduce the issue with unrelated checked-in changes present, then verify that only files modified by git-release are added and unrelated changes remain unstaged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100