Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail

From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: May 17, 2006, 19:39 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <1147893786.16654.5.camel@dv>

On Wed, 17 May 2006 15:23:06 -0400 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:

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> Can we apply the ignore rules to the directories but not the files?
> 
> This way, "git-add *" would add all files (rarely a good idea), whereas 
> "git-add ." would respect the ignore rules.
> 
> Kludgy as it is, this approach would generally produce more expected
> results than others.  If you let the shell expand the pattern, expect
> all junk to be added.  If you let git expand the pattern, expect it to
> adhere to the ignore rules.

Shouldn't git just always respect the ignore rules? Forcing someone to remove a file from the .gitignore or employ the other work around mentioned earlier doesn't seem too bad. How often are people adding files that are explicitly ignored?

Sean