# [TopGit-PATCH] Force adding the .topmsg and .topdep files.

1 messages from 2008-08-14 to 2008-08-14. Participants: David Brown.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14999

## David Brown, 2008-08-14 05:15

Subject: [TopGit-PATCH] Force adding the .topmsg and .topdep files.
Message-ID: <1218690945-10322-1-git-send-email-git@davidb.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1218690945-10322-1-git-send-email-git%40davidb.org

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If the .gitignore in effect is ignoring the .topmsg and .topdeps
files, tg create will fail trying to add these files.  Add the
'-f option to these add commands to force the files to be added
anyway.

Signed-off-by: David Brown <git@davidb.org>
---
 tg-create.sh |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tg-create.sh b/tg-create.sh
index 939af33..3f33fa8 100644
--- a/tg-create.sh
+++ b/tg-create.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ git update-ref "refs/top-bases/$name" "HEAD" ""
 git checkout -b "$name"
 
 echo "$deps" | sed 's/ /\n/g' >"$root_dir/.topdeps"
-git add "$root_dir/.topdeps"
+git add -f "$root_dir/.topdeps"
 
 author="$(git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT)"
 author_addr="${author%> *}>"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ author_addr="${author%> *}>"
 Signed-off-by: $author_addr
 EOT
 } >"$root_dir/.topmsg"
-git add "$root_dir/.topmsg"
+git add -f "$root_dir/.topmsg"
 
 
 
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1.5.6.4

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