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[PATCH] Tutorial update to adjust for -B fix

Now -B does not say silly "complete rewrite" anymore for small
files such as the one in the tutorial example.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Junio C Hamano 20 years ago committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -371,13 +371,6 @@ this point (you can continue to edit things and update the cache), you
can just leave an empty message. Otherwise git-commit-script will commit can just leave an empty message. Otherwise git-commit-script will commit
the change for you. the change for you.


(Btw, current versions of git will consider the change in question to be
so big that it's considered a whole new file, since the diff is actually
bigger than the file. So the helpful comments that git-commit-script
tells you for this example will say that you deleted and re-created the
file "a". For a less contrived example, these things are usually more
obvious).

You've now made your first real git commit. And if you're interested in You've now made your first real git commit. And if you're interested in
looking at what git-commit-script really does, feel free to investigate: looking at what git-commit-script really does, feel free to investigate:
it's a few very simple shell scripts to generate the helpful (?) commit it's a few very simple shell scripts to generate the helpful (?) commit

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