Re: Files that cannot be added to the index

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 01:40:09PM -0500, Shaun Ruffell wrote:

Actually, after playing with it a little more on OSX, I think it was just operator error on my part and that, for this, the versions are behaving the same.

Adding a non-existent file produces an error:
  $ git add adjaskdj
  fatal: pathspec 'adjaskdj' did not match any files

Adding a file that is on the filesystem but only differs in case with a file in the index silently fails:

  $ mv Makefile makefile
  $ echo "hello" >> makefile
  $ git ls-files -m
  Makefile
  $ git add makefile

And then when you try to commit the file you just added it fails:

  $ git commit
  # On branch master
  # Changes not staged for commit:
  #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
  #
  #	modified:   Makefile
  #
  no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Adding a file that is in the index, but only differs by case with a file in the filesystem works:

  $ git add Makefile
  $ git commit -m "test"
  [master 8de0bd6] test
   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)