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Re: [bug] git-add won't add foo/.git/bar

From
Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
Date
Mar 25, 2008, 00:01 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0803242359230.24262@kaos.quantumfyre.co.uk>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Michael Gebetsroither wrote:
> hi,
>
> % git-add -f foo/.git/bar
> fatal: unable to add foo/.git/bar to index

Well, git won't allow .git as a element anywhere in the path, when we should only care about the _first_ one - and also, if you use --git-dir=banana then we still check for '.git' ... oops.

patch in the works ... ;)
>
> How do i add such a file to a git repository?
wait? :P
Sorry, can't see any easy way to work around this atm.
>
> thx && cu,
> michael
>
-- 
Julian

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  1. Michael GebetsroitherMar 24, 2008
  2. Julian PhillipsMar 25, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2008
  4. Julian PhillipsMar 25, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2008
  6. Julian PhillipsMar 25, 2008
  7. Documentation/git.txt: Mention unsupported use of --git-dir/GIT_DIRJulian Phillips, Mar 25, 2008
  8. Michael GebetsroitherMar 25, 2008
  9. Julian PhillipsMar 25, 2008
  10. Michael GebetsroitherMar 26, 2008

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