Re: [BUG] spurious failure when adding tracked file in ignored directory

From: Christian Sattler <sattler.christian@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 27, 2024, 14:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CALCpNBoZfugMQuuDoAELxkipZjYdhznJw3XzuxDC6XGYbJ9=AA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3701837d-d9d3-422e-82f2-567a6f832dca@kdbg.org>

On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 at 14:45, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

> I cannot reproduce your claim "despite actually adding the file": the
> file is not added. So, everything works as intended. What does `git
> status` tell after `git add`?

Here is the example with modifications before the add.

git init mkdir dir touch dir/file git add dir/file echo dir >.gitignore echo content >dir/file

Output of git status:

Show 7 quoted lines

> On branch main
>
> No commits yet
>
> Changes to be committed:
>   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
> new file:   dir/file

> Changes not staged for commit:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> modified:   dir/file

> Untracked files:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> .gitignore

git add dir/file  # fails with warning and exit code 1

Output of git status:

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> On branch main
>
> No commits yet
>
> Changes to be committed:
>   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
> new file:   dir/file

> Untracked files:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> .gitignore