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From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: "git add $ignored_file" fail
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:23:06 -0400
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On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 15:46 +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Santi wrote:
> 
> > In the other way, now I find the value of being able to say:
> > 
> > $ git add t*
> > 
> > and be sure that it does not add an ignored file. Unfortunately
> > git-add cannot distinguish between both.
> 
> Well, it could. If 'git add <filespec>' would result in NO files 
> added, take <filespec> as literate <file> (filename), regardless
> of ignores.

Can we apply the ignore rules to the directories but not the files?

This way, "git-add *" would add all files (rarely a good idea), whereas 
"git-add ." would respect the ignore rules.

Kludgy as it is, this approach would generally produce more expected
results than others.  If you let the shell expand the pattern, expect
all junk to be added.  If you let git expand the pattern, expect it to
adhere to the ignore rules.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin