From: Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:02:53 GMT
Subject: Is Git Add Supposed to Work Like This (git 2.50)?
Message-ID: <63045080-74d6-4835-9d9c-4d3558acdbfb@gmail.com>

(Linux fedora 6.16.4-200.fc42.x86_64)

Let's say I have the file "x" in my working directory, but
not "bogus_file".

If I run

	git add x bogus_file

I get

	fatal: pathspec 'bogus_file' did not match any files

This is what I expect. However, if I look at what's in the index,
"x" doesn't appear. The same thing happens if I specify 15
valid files followed by 1 invalid file.

Apparently the presence of even 1 invalid file invalidates
the whole 'git add' command, no matter how many valid files
are included.

Is this deliberate?

Cordially,
Jon Forrest