At least with svn it was best practice to run `svn diff` before committing, just like `git add -p` is considered a better practice than `git commit -a`. SVN al

At least with svn it was best practice to run `svn diff` before committing, just like `git add -p` is considered a better practice than `git commit -a`. SVN also allowed you to commit only specific files, so if your working directory wasn't clean, you could mostly still commit just the parts you wanted to commit.