Re: Git commit won't add an untracked file given on the command line

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 19, 2008, 01:39 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811190238360.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <87tza41pf4.fsf@catnip.gol.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Miles Bader wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > It may be a traditional wart, but a helpful one.  Remember, you can 
> > also say:
> >
> > 	git commit that/directory/
> >
> > I do _not_ want Git to add all untracked (and unignored) files in that 
> > directory automatically.
> 
> I agree, but it would kinda handy to have an exception for files 
> explicitly named on the command line.

Only if you do not have a clear picture of what the staging area is about, IMHO.

Ciao, Dscho