From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:41:54 GMT
Subject: Re: How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)?
Message-ID: <20080302154154.GC2973@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <47C95E34.1050306@dirk.my1.cc>

Dirk Süsserott, Sat, Mar 01, 2008 14:46:28 +0100:
> Or, more generally spoken: can I tell "git add" to add only those files it 
> can handle and ignore the rest? The "-f" switch doesn't work and some
> exclude lists on a per file basis are not applicable for my purpose as I
> don't know the files in advance.

Well, "-f" means something else (include the ignored files). It is
unfortunate, because (I think) your case fits better its traditional
meaning...

You can try the following patches, which add "--ignore-errors" to
git-add. Maybe it will be enough... It is generally considered
not safe to ignore errors.