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Can not 'git add file'

Subject: Can not 'git add file'

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2 messages between Jan 3, 2016 and Jan 3, 2016.

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KES· Jan 3, 2016, 14:53 UTC · lore

Hi.

How to reproduce

$ git-number
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

1 modified: ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks.pm 2 modified: ../lib/Devel/KillPrint.pm 3 modified: 00-simple.t

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

4 ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/ 5 ../lib/Devel/ImportArgs.pm 6 ../lib/Devel/KillPrintTest.pm 7 ../lib/Devel/KillPrint_scope.pm 8 ../lib/Devel/PkgAtCompileTime.pm 9 ../lib/Devel/t.pl 10 lib/Devel/AutoInit.pm 11 lib/Devel/DZVii.pm

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") $ git add -p ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/Commands.pm No changes.

I want to start track file here, but I do not want to stage while file.

It seems the git can not process this case and do not allow me to complete that.

Dennis Kaarsemaker· Jan 3, 2016, 16:20 UTC · re: KES · lore

Re: Can not 'git add file'

On zo, 2016-01-03 at 16:53 +0200, KES wrote:

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> Untracked files:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> 
> 4       ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/
> 
> $ git add -p ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/Commands.pm
> No changes.
> 
> I want to start track file here, but I do not want to stage while
> file.
> 
> It seems the git can not process this case and do not allow me to
> complete that.

Correct, add -p for a new file is not supported, as it doesn't really make sense. There's no patch, it's a whole new file.

What you can do instead is first

git add -N ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/Commands.pm

to mark the file as tracked without adding content. Then git add -p will allow you to add the contents partially.-- Dennis Kaarsemaker www.kaarsemaker.net