From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:48:09 GMT Subject: Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <8aa486160605170641p2ab8704o@mail.gmail.com> Hi, On Wed, 17 May 2006, Santi wrote: > In the other way, now I find the value of being able to say: > > $ git add t* > > and be sure that it does not add an ignored file. Unfortunately > git-add cannot distinguish between both. So what I propose is to > document it explicitly, something like: > > [...] How about a "--force" AKA "-f" flag that overrides the ignore file? I would implement it if I had time, but I am gone for three days in about 1 minute :-( Ciao, Dscho