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[PATCH] Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errors

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 2, 2008, 15:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20080302154400.GF2973@steel.home>
In-Reply-To
<20080302154321.GE2973@steel.home>
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt |    7 ++++++-
 builtin-add.c             |   11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 4779909..9360a4f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
-          [--] <filepattern>...
+	  [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
 	information in the index.
 
+\--ignore-errors::
+	If some files could not be added because of errors indexing
+	them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
+	others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
+
 \--::
 	This option can be used to separate command-line options from
 	the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index bc55a0e..b67ad3f 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static const char ignore_error[] =
 "The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:\n";
 
 static int verbose = 0, show_only = 0, ignored_too = 0, refresh_only = 0;
+static int ignore_add_errors;
 
 static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only),
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', NULL, &ignored_too, "allow adding otherwise ignored files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('u', NULL, &take_worktree_changes, "update tracked files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "refresh", &refresh_only, "don't add, only refresh the index"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "ignore-errors", &ignore_add_errors, "just skip files which cannot be added because of errors"),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -231,6 +233,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (verbose)
 			flags |= ADD_FILES_VERBOSE;
+		if (ignore_add_errors)
+			flags |= ADD_FILES_IGNORE_ERRORS;
 
 		exit_status = add_files_to_cache(prefix, pathspec, flags);
 		goto finish;
@@ -286,8 +290,11 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++)
-		if (add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose))
-			exit(1);
+		if (add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose)) {
+			if (!ignore_add_errors)
+				exit(1);
+			exit_status = 1;
+		}
 
  finish:
 	if (active_cache_changed) {
-- 
1.5.4.3.391.gf5a0c
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  1. Dirk SüsserottMar 1, 2008
  2. Jeff KingMar 2, 2008
  3. Dirk SüsserottMar 3, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2008
  5. Dirk SüsserottMar 3, 2008
  6. Alex RiesenMar 2, 2008
  7. Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually usefulAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  8. Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  9. Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  10. Add a test for git-add --ignore-errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2008
  13. Alex RiesenMar 2, 2008
  14. Joachim B HagaMar 2, 2008
  15. Alex RiesenMar 3, 2008
  16. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  17. Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually usefulAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  18. Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  19. Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  20. Add a test for git-add --ignore-errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  21. Add a config option to ignore errors for git-addAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2008
  23. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2008
  25. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  27. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  29. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  31. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  32. Daniel BarkalowMar 3, 2008

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