diff --git a/config/development.org b/config/development.org
index aa861c0c..c6c57006 100644
--- a/config/development.org
+++ b/config/development.org
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ Git clients exist, only Magit and Git itself deserve to be called porcelains.
   :hook
   (magit-post-stage-hook . cunene/magit-recenter)
   :config
-  (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback)
-  (setq magit-display-buffer-function 'magit-display-buffer-same-window-except-diff-v1)
-  (setq magit-diff-highlight-hunk-region-functions
-        '(magit-diff-highlight-hunk-region-using-face))
-  (setq magit-diff-refine-hunk 'all)
-  (setq magit-module-sections-nested nil)
-  (setq magit-section-initial-visibility-alist
+  (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback
+        magit-commit-ask-to-stage 'stage ;; do not ask to stage
+        magit-display-buffer-function 'magit-display-buffer-same-window-except-diff-v1
+        magit-diff-highlight-hunk-region-functions
+        '(magit-diff-highlight-hunk-region-using-face)
+        magit-diff-refine-hunk 'all
+        magit-module-sections-nested nil
+        magit-section-initial-visibility-alist
         '((modules . show) (stashes . show) (unpulled . show) (unpushed . show)))
   (magit-add-section-hook
    'magit-status-sections-hook 'magit-insert-modules-overview 'magit-insert-merge-log)