From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:49:03 GMT
Subject: Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605170747280.10823@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <8aa486160605170641p2ab8704o@mail.gmail.com>



On Wed, 17 May 2006, Santi wrote:
> 
> In the other way, now I find the value of being able to say:
> 
> $ git add t*

Exactly. The shell will expand the path, so the fact that the path exists 
on the command line does not mean that "git add" should just trust it.

> 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:

Documenting this more clearly (and the workaround of forcing it with 
"git-update-index --add" by hand) is certainly a good idea.

			Linus