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Re: How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)?

From
DSDirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date
Mar 3, 2008, 20:32 UTC
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<47CC6051.1090308@dirk.my1.cc>
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Junio C Hamano schrieb:
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> Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc> writes:
>
>   
>> This way prepared, I used "git ls-files -o | xargs git add -v" until
>> most of my files were added.
>> ...
>> Caveat: filenames containing blanks are not handled properly as they
>> are not surrounded by quotes. "git add" thinks of them as two or more
>> files and fails.
>>     
>
> Perhaps "git ls-files -z -o | git update-index --add --stdin"
>
>

That's exactly what I meant when I wrote "Git almost always has a solution for 'do what I mean'". It is, however, sometimes hard to find, but the solution is always there. Its such a great piece of software. Congratulations to you all.

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Message 5 of 32 in “How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)?”
  1. Dirk SüsserottMar 1, 2008
  2. Jeff KingMar 2, 2008
  3. Dirk SüsserottMar 3, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2008
  5. Dirk SüsserottMar 3, 2008
  6. Alex RiesenMar 2, 2008
  7. Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually usefulAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  8. Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  9. Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  10. Add a test for git-add --ignore-errorsAlex Riesen, Mar 2, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2008
  13. Alex RiesenMar 2, 2008
  14. Joachim B HagaMar 2, 2008
  15. Alex RiesenMar 3, 2008
  16. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  17. Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually usefulAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  18. Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  19. Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  20. Add a test for git-add --ignore-errorsAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  21. Add a config option to ignore errors for git-addAlex Riesen, May 12, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2008
  23. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2008
  25. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  27. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  29. Alex RiesenMay 12, 2008
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2008
  31. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2008
  32. Daniel BarkalowMar 3, 2008

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