On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>>
>>> André Hänsel <an...@webkr.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> I ran git merge to merge a branch. There were some conflicted files.
>>>> Although they were automatically resolved by git rerere, I still had to add
>>>> them.
>>>
>>> If you want them to be added automatically, set rerere.autoupdate=true.
>>
>> I would have to caution against doing so without thinking, though.
>> In other words, it is OK if you are Andreas who knows what he is
>> doing, but it is not a very good advice to give to random newbies.
>
> If you are used to doing "git add ." afterwards it can't be much worse.

The right response to such a user would be to teach "add -u", or better yet
to teach to use "add" on individual files as they are examined, no?
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