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From: Mark Burton <markb@ordern.com>
Subject: Git commit won't add an untracked file given on the command line
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Hi,

When I try: 

git commit -m "New file." .gitignore

Where .gitignore is not yet tracked, I get: 

error: pathspec '.gitignore' did not match any file(s) known to git.

Is that result by design, sloth or bug (or me being stupid)?

Thanks,

Mark