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Re: [PATCH 5/5] git-add: add ignored files when asked explicitly.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 26, 2006, 19:05 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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>> > Most people do
>> >
>> > 	$ git add *.o
>> >
>> > instead, where bash expands the expression. Maybe this new behaviour 
>> > should be hidden between a "-f" option?
>> 
>> When would anybody do "git add *.o"?
>
> Not exactly "git add *.o", but when I see in git-status that there are 
> only a couple of files which are untracked, and I want them added, I 
> lazily do "git add *".

I changed it to warn and refuse and made it only add under -f flag.

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Message 9 of 11 in “git-add: add ignored files when asked explicitly.”
  1. 5/5 git-add: add ignored files when asked explicitly.Junio C Hamano, Dec 25, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 25, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2006
  4. git-add: warn when adding an ignored file with an explicit request.Junio C Hamano, Dec 25, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 25, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 26, 2006
  7. Nicolas PitreDec 25, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 26, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 26, 2006
  11. Andreas EricssonJan 4, 2007

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