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Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-add: Don't exclude explicitly-specified tracked files

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Greg Brockman <gdb@mit.edu>
Date
Aug 11, 2010, 18:36 UTC
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> What should happen if the user did these instead, after adding "dir" as an
> ignored entry, and adding dir/file but not dir/untracked to the index?
>
>  (1)    git add dir/file dir/untracked    ; explicitly named
>  (2)    git add dir/*                     ; have shell glob--same as (1)
>  (3)    git add "dir/*"                   ; have git glob
>  (4)    git add dir                       ; have git recurse

In all four cases, the output I get is: """ The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: dir Use -f if you really want to add them. fatal: no files added """

Note that this is also the output if you run
(5) rm dir/untracked && git add "dir/*"
Greg
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  1. git-add: Don't exclude explicitly-specified tracked filesGreg Brockman, Aug 11, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 11, 2010
  3. Jens LehmannAug 11, 2010
  4. Greg BrockmanAug 12, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2010
  6. Greg BrockmanAug 11, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2010
  8. Greg BrockmanAug 12, 2010
  9. Matthieu MoyAug 12, 2010
  10. Greg BrockmanAug 12, 2010
  11. Matthieu MoyAug 12, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2010
  13. Greg BrockmanAug 12, 2010
  14. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2010
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 12, 2010
  16. Greg BrockmanAug 18, 2010
  17. Add test case for dealing with a tracked file in an ignored directoryGreg Brockman, Aug 18, 2010
  18. Greg BrockmanAug 18, 2010
  19. Matthieu MoyAug 18, 2010
  20. Greg BrockmanAug 19, 2010
  21. Matthieu MoyAug 19, 2010
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  23. Matthieu MoyAug 18, 2010
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  25. Jonathan NiederAug 19, 2010
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 19, 2010
  27. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2010
  28. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 29, 2010

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