From: Jakub Narebski Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 20:35:55 GMT Subject: Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, 17 May 2006, Pavel Roskin wrote: >> [...] 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...). -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland