Lazy shortcuts lead to mistakes

I just un-published post 22.00.0177 as it shouldn't have appeared. It's not finished and was published by mistake. Here's how.

Without getting too technical, I add things to this site using the ubiquitous software git. Normally this is a conscious action, and it takes two steps.

First:

git add 22.00.0177

– to say please add this file to the list of things I'd like to commit.¹

And then:

git commit [some message to say what you did]

– to commit those changes to the site.

Well, why do in two steps what can be done in one? Long ago I created an alias -- a shortcut -- that merges these two steps. So now I just:

git addcommit [some message to say what I did]

The problem is that this git addcommit alias adds every new file to the commit. Which is very often what you want: but clearly not always. In this case, it added this unfinished post.

There's a reason this isn't a built-in command. It's a bad idea. I was being lazy.

I've deleted the shortcut. The post will be finished and re-published tomorrow. Apologies for the error.

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