git add -u nonexistent-file

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date: Feb 8, 2010, 18:29 UTC
Message-ID: <20100208182929.GB14355@neumann>

Hi,

$ git --version git version 1.7.0.rc1.84.g9879 $ git add -u nonexistent-file $ echo $? 0

No error message, no error in exit status.

Is it OK this way?  Why?

Best, Gábor

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