Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 17, 2006, 20:35 UTC
Message-ID: <e4g1f4$anv$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605171325200.10823@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, 17 May 2006, Pavel Roskin wrote:

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>> [...] implementation should be easy - if the file
>> is present, but git-ls-file doesn't show it, tell the user to
>> adjust .gitignore or to use some flag like --force.
> 
> Umm. That's exactly the semantics for "git add" right now. We _always_ 
> respect the ignore rules.
> 
> That was what people were complaining about.
> 
> Although I think Santi realized why we do it, and isn't even complaining 
> any more. 
> 
> So we're all good again.

The changes in docummentation are nice and dandy, but it would be even nicer if "git add" told us about "git update-index --add" when it adds no files, as it is certainly the case when something is wrong (perhaps user expectations, but still...).

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland