From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:27:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Git commit won't add an untracked file given on the command line
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811191226530.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20081119095452.3018d2de@crow>

Hi,

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Mark Burton wrote:

> Having said that, I still like the concept of being able to add named 
> files without touching the index.

That's just impossible.  You cannot create a tree object, let alone a 
commit object, without touching the index (AKA staging area).

Ciao,
Dscho