This is really cool. One drawback is that it seems to touch the index, which I believe should be avoided, since it can disrupt the users workflow. I experimente

This is really cool. One drawback is that it seems to touch the index, which I believe should be avoided, since it can disrupt the users workflow. I experimented with something similar a few years ago and avoided the index. My learnings are partially documented in the repo.[1] [1]: https://github.com/nunull/git-autosave https://github.com/nunull/git-autosave