1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-add.sh b/git-add.sh
index 7d91eeb65..3d364db25 100755
--- a/git-add.sh
+++ b/git-add.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git-update-index --add -- "$@"
+
+show_only=
+verbose=
+while : ; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -n)
+	show_only=true
+	verbose=true
+	;;
+    -v)
+	verbose=true
+	;;
+    *)
+	break
+	;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+GIT_DIR=$(git-rev-parse --git-dir) || exit
+global_exclude=
+if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/info/exclude" ]; then
+   global_exclude="--exclude-from=$GIT_DIR/info/exclude"
+fi
+for i in $(git-ls-files --others \
+	$global_exclude --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore \
+	"$@")
+do
+   [ "$verbose" ] && echo "  $i"
+   [ "$show_only" ] || git-update-index --add -- "$i" || exit
+done