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Re: git add -A fails in empty repository since 1.8.5

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2013, 19:56 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> It could be argued that a "git add [<any option>] .", with an
>> explicit "." given by the end-user, that is run in an empty
>> directory may be an error worth reporting.
>
> But what we have right now is really weird:
I know.  That is why I said "It _could_ be argued".
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  1. Thomas Ferris NicolaisenDec 18, 2013
  2. Antoine PelisseDec 18, 2013
  3. Duy NguyenDec 18, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  5. Matthieu MoyDec 18, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2013
  8. Duy NguyenDec 19, 2013
  9. add: don't complain when adding empty project rootNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 23, 2013
  10. Torsten BögershausenDec 23, 2013
  11. Duy NguyenDec 23, 2013
  12. Torsten BögershausenDec 24, 2013
  13. Duy NguyenDec 24, 2013
  14. Torsten BögershausenJan 30, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2014
  16. Jonathan NiederDec 26, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2013

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