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Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 16, 2006, 22:41 UTC
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> Well, the thing is, git-add doesn't really take a "file name", it takes a 
> filename _pattern_.
> 
> Clearly we can't add everything that matches the pattern, because one 
> common case is to add a whole subdirectory, and thus clearly the 
> .gitignore file must override the pattern.
> 
> So it's consistent that it overrides it also for a single filename case, 
> no?

Well, if shell expansion cannot find a file matching pattern, it uses pattern as file name literaly.

It would be nice to have easy (git core porcelain level) way to add files which match ignore pattern.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. SantiMay 16, 2006
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  4. SantiMay 16, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2006
  6. SantiMay 17, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  8. Pavel RoskinMay 17, 2006
  9. SeanMay 17, 2006
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  11. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2006
  13. Pavel RoskinMay 17, 2006
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  15. Jakub NarebskiMay 17, 2006
  16. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2006
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
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