From: Jakob Pfender <jpfender@elegosoft.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:07:57 GMT
Subject: [RFD] git update-index --remove frotz --add frotz expected behaviour?
Message-ID: <4D8B7A6D.5050801@elegosoft.com>

I'm a bit stumped by update-index' behaviour when calling --remove and 
--add on the same file in that order:

$ touch frotz
$ git update-index --add frotz
$ rm frotz
$ git status -s
AD frotz
$ git update-index --remove frotz --add frotz
$ echo $?
0
$ git status -s
$

Notice that update-index doesn't complain that I'm trying to add a file 
that doesn't exist, and it's returning with 0.

Is this expected behaviour? Shouldn't I get some sort of error message 
telling me that I'm trying to add a file I've just removed? Compare:

$ touch xyzzy
$ git update-index --add xyzzy
$ rm xyzzy
$ git update-index --remove xyzzy
$ git update-index --add xyzzy
error: xyzzy: does not exist and --remove not passed
fatal: Unable to process path xyzzy

Can anyone explain this to me?