Re: 'git add' regression in git-1.7?

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 19, 2010, 04:42 UTC
Message-ID: <32541b131002182042p610fce4ex96efbffea9afe2ed@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <hll45t$50o$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 'git add' does NOT add files in ignored path.
>
> When the .gitignore file contains:
>    tmp/
> If I do:
>    git add tmp/test.txt
> Nothing happens.

Try using:
     git add -f tmp/test.txt

Avery

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