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

From
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2010, 05:15 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:04 AM, SungHyun Nam <goweol@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, before sending the previous email, I checked the
> RelNotes-1.7.*.txt,  and could not find such a change by searching
> 'git add'.  So, I thought it's a regression.

As far as I know, git add has refused to add ignored files for as long as I can remember. Maybe there was briefly a bug in this behaviour that was later fixed...

If you use 'git bisect' on the git repo, you could probably discover what happened, in case you're interested.

Avery
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  1. SungHyun NamFeb 19, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunFeb 19, 2010
  3. SungHyun NamFeb 19, 2010
  4. Avery PennarunFeb 19, 2010
  5. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2010
  6. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2010
  7. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2010
  9. add: fail "git add ignored-dir/file" without -fJunio C Hamano, Mar 1, 2010
  10. 1/3 t0050: mark non-working test as suchJunio C Hamano, Mar 1, 2010
  11. Jeff KingMar 9, 2010
  12. Jeff KingMar 9, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2010
  14. Jeff KingMar 11, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2010
  16. Jeff KingMar 14, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010

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