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Re: [BUG] spurious failure when adding tracked file in ignored directory

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Oct 27, 2024, 13:44 UTC
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Am 26.10.24 um 01:30 schrieb Christian Sattler:
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> Adding a tracked file in an ignored directory causes a spurious warning and
> exit code 1 failure (despite actually adding the file). Example on 2.47.0:
> 
> git init
> mkdir dir
> touch dir/file
> git add dir/file
> echo dir >.gitignore
> git add dir/file
> 
> The last command fails with exit code 1 and prints:
> 
>> The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
>> dir
>> hint: Use -f if you really want to add them.
>> hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.addIgnoredFile false"
> 
> Suppose we change dir/file before the last command.  Then after the last
> command, the change is in the index, despite what the warning indicates.

I cannot reproduce your claim "despite actually adding the file": the file is not added. So, everything works as intended. What does `git status` tell after `git add`?

-- Hannes
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