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Re: Doing a git add '' will add more files then expected

From
Javier Domingo Cansino <javierdo1@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2014, 19:06 UTC
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IMO, if you put an empty string "" you would be implying the same as with a dot (git add . ).

The important thing is that "git add" without a pathspec returns an error, as it has always done, mainly because it people tend to work without gitignoring all the files they should, and allowing such behaviour would make things harder.

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Javier Domingo Cansino
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  1. GuilhermeNov 17, 2014
  2. Andreas SchwabNov 17, 2014
  3. Matthieu MoyNov 17, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2014
  5. Javier Domingo CansinoNov 23, 2014

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