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Re: git add -u nonexistent-file

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 10, 2010, 05:57 UTC
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On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 01:58:16PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > That being said, you noticed that the regular add case notes unused
> > pathspecs on the command line:
> >
> >   $ git add bogus
> >   fatal: pathspec 'bogus' did not match any files
> >
> > We could probably do the same here.
> 
> It won't be entirely trivial to do so efficiently but it shouldn't be a
> rocket surgery.
> 
> Something like this (untested of course)?

Looks like Chris gave it some basic testing. I read over the patch itself, and it looks sane to me.

-Peff
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 13 of 13 in “git add -u nonexistent-file”
  1. SZEDER GáborFeb 8, 2010
  2. Chris PackhamFeb 8, 2010
  3. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2010
  4. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  5. test for add with non-existent pathspecChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2010
  7. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  8. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  9. 1/3 test for add with non-existent pathspecChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  10. 2/3 git add -u: give an error if pathspec unmatchedChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  11. 3/3 t2200-add-update.sh: change expected fail to successChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2010
  13. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2010

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