As promised in 0fa2eb530fb7 (add: warn when -u or -A is used without
pathspec, 2013-01-28), in Git 2.0, "git add -u/-A" that is run
without pathspec in a subdirectory updates all updated paths in the
entire working tree, not just the current directory and its
subdirectories.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt | 12 ++++--------
 builtin/add.c             | 47 ++++-------------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 1ea1d39..15a8859 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -107,14 +107,10 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
        from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree
        have been removed.
 +
-If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` or `-A` option is used, Git used
-to update all tracked files in the current directory and its
-subdirectories. We would eventually want to change this to operate
-on the entire working tree, not limiting it to the current
-directory, to make it consistent with `git commit -a` and other
-commands.  In order to avoid harming users who are used to the old
-default, Git *errors out* when no <pathspec> is given to train their
-fingers to explicitly type `git add -u .` when they mean it.
+If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` or `-A` option is used, all
+tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions
+of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its
+subdirectories).
 
 -A::
 --all::
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 4b9d57c..6cd063f 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -321,33 +321,6 @@ static int add_files(struct dir_struct *dir, int flags)
        return exit_status;
 }
 
-static void die_on_pathless_add(const char *option_name, const char 
*short_name)
-{
-       /*
-        * To be consistent with "git add -p" and most Git
-        * commands, we should default to being tree-wide, but
-        * this is not the original behavior and can't be
-        * changed until users trained themselves not to type
-        * "git add -u" or "git add -A". In the previous release,
-        * we kept the old behavior but gave a big warning.
-        */
-       die(_("The behavior of 'git add %s (or %s)' with no path argument from 
a\n"
-             "subdirectory of the tree will change in Git 2.0 and should not 
be "
-             "used anymore.\n"
-             "To add content for the whole tree, run:\n"
-             "\n"
-             "  git add %s :/\n"
-             "  (or git add %s :/)\n"
-             "\n"
-             "To restrict the command to the current directory, run:\n"
-             "\n"
-             "  git add %s .\n"
-             "  (or git add %s .)"),
-               option_name, short_name,
-               option_name, short_name,
-               option_name, short_name);
-}
-
 int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        int exit_status = 0;
@@ -358,8 +331,6 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int add_new_files;
        int require_pathspec;
        char *seen = NULL;
-       const char *option_with_implicit_dot = NULL;
-       const char *short_option_with_implicit_dot = NULL;
 
        git_config(add_config, NULL);
 
@@ -379,21 +350,11 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                die(_("-A and -u are mutually incompatible"));
        if (!show_only && ignore_missing)
                die(_("Option --ignore-missing can only be used together with 
--dry-run"));
-       if (addremove) {
-               option_with_implicit_dot = "--all";
-               short_option_with_implicit_dot = "-A";
-       }
-       if (take_worktree_changes) {
-               option_with_implicit_dot = "--update";
-               short_option_with_implicit_dot = "-u";
-       }
-       if (option_with_implicit_dot && !argc) {
-               static const char *here[2] = { ".", NULL };
-               if (prefix)
-                       die_on_pathless_add(option_with_implicit_dot,
-                                           short_option_with_implicit_dot);
+
+       if ((addremove || take_worktree_changes) && !argc) {
+               static const char *whole[2] = { ":/", NULL };
                argc = 1;
-               argv = here;
+               argv = whole;
        }
 
        add_new_files = !take_worktree_changes && !refresh_only;
-- 
1.8.2-rc3-196-gfcda97c

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