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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Git commit won't add an untracked file given on the command line
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:21:19 +0900
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> It may be a traditional wart, but a helpful one.  Remember, you can also 
> say:
>
> 	git commit that/directory/
>
> I do _not_ want Git to add all untracked (and unignored) files in that 
> directory automatically.

I agree, but it would kinda handy to have an exception for files
explicitly named on the command line.

-Miles

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