From e23ca9e1f95a756bfe598568be9d03059db1dad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:13:45 -0800 Subject: git-add: add ignored files when asked explicitly. One thing many people found confusing about git-add was that a file whose name matches an ignored pattern could not be added to the index. With this, such a file can be added by explicitly spelling its name to git-add. Fileglobs and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files to the index. That is, if a pattern '*.o' is in .gitignore, and two files foo.o, bar/baz.o are in the working tree: $ git add foo.o $ git add '*.o' $ git add bar Only the first form adds foo.o to the index. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-add.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 8710b3a75..2fef0681b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ the commit. The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included for the next commit. -This command only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use -"git update-index --add". +This command can be used to add ignored files, but they have to be +explicitly and exactly specified from the command line. File globbing +and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files. Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a commit. @@ -35,7 +36,11 @@ commit. OPTIONS ------- ...:: - Files to add content from. + Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can + be given to add all matching files. Also a + leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` + and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the + directory, recursively. -n:: Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. -- cgit v1.2.1