From: bisani
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:00:12 GMT
Subject: Re: How to find out which gitignore blocks my git-add
Message-ID: <loom.20090206T215836-960@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <498C0525.5040100@gonsolo.de>

Gonzo <gonzo <at> gonsolo.de> writes:

> 
> After doing a "git add file" I get the message:
> 
> "The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
> ..."
> 
> Is there an easy way to find out which line in which gitignore file 
> blocks this add?
> Would this be a viable addition to "git add -v"?
> 
> g
> 

It would be nice if a -v option also lists which pattern caused
 it to exclude.