Re: "git add -u" broken in git 1.7.4?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 6, 2011, 05:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20110206051333.GA3458@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D4DEDC4.4080708@hartwork.org>

On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:39:32AM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote:

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> I just ran into case where
> 
>   git add -u
> 
> repetedly did not update the index.  In contrast, picking stuff using
> 
>   git add -p
> 
> works just fine.
> 
> Could it be "git add -u" is broken in git 1.7.4?

It could be. However, I can think of one such case where you might see that behavior. "git add -u" operates from the current subdirectory, whereas "git add -p" operates from the top of the project tree (yes, this inconsistency confusing, but it's not as serious as "git add -u doesn't work").

You can demonstrate it with:

  mkdir repo && cd repo && git init
  mkdir subdir && echo content >file
  git add . && git commit -m base
  echo more >>file

  mkdir subdir && cd subdir
  git add -u
  git status ;# still not staged for commit

  git add -p ;# finds it

Might you have been in a subdirectory of the project when you saw this behavior?

-Peff