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Re: git add -A fails in empty repository since 1.8.5

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Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2013, 08:44 UTC
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FWIW, git-bisect points to 84b8b5d (that is $gmane/230349).

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com> wrote:

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> This was discussed on the Git user list recently [1].
>
> #in a repo with no files
>> git add -A
> fatal: pathspec '.' did not match any files
>
> The same goes for git add . (and -u).
>
> Whereas I think some warning feedback is useful, we are curious
> whether this is an intentional change or not.
>
> [1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/Qs4YSPhTsqE/discussion
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  2. Antoine PelisseDec 18, 2013
  3. Duy NguyenDec 18, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
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  8. Duy NguyenDec 19, 2013
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  10. Torsten BögershausenDec 23, 2013
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