Re: "git add -u" broken in git 1.7.4?

> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:39:32AM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> 
>> I just ran into case where
>>
>>   git add -u
>>
>> repetedly did not update the index.  In contrast, picking stuff using
>>
>>   git add -p
>>
>> works just fine.
>>
>> Could it be "git add -u" is broken in git 1.7.4?
> 
> It could be. However, I can think of one such case where you might see
> that behavior. "git add -u" operates from the current subdirectory,
> whereas "git add -p" operates from the top of the project tree (yes,
> this inconsistency confusing, but it's not as serious as "git add -u
> doesn't work").
> 
> You can demonstrate it with:
> 
>   mkdir repo && cd repo && git init
>   mkdir subdir && echo content >file
>   git add . && git commit -m base
>   echo more >>file
> 
>   mkdir subdir && cd subdir
>   git add -u
>   git status ;# still not staged for commit
> 
>   git add -p ;# finds it
> 
> Might you have been in a subdirectory of the project when you saw this
> behavior?