From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: "Dirk Süsserott" <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)?
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:41:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080302154154.GC2973@steel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47C95E34.1050306@dirk.my1.cc>
Dirk Süsserott, Sat, Mar 01, 2008 14:46:28 +0100:
> Or, more generally spoken: can I tell "git add" to add only those files it
> can handle and ignore the rest? The "-f" switch doesn't work and some
> exclude lists on a per file basis are not applicable for my purpose as I
> don't know the files in advance.
Well, "-f" means something else (include the ignored files). It is
unfortunate, because (I think) your case fits better its traditional
meaning...
You can try the following patches, which add "--ignore-errors" to
git-add. Maybe it will be enough... It is generally considered
not safe to ignore errors.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-02 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-01 13:46 How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)? Dirk Süsserott
2008-03-02 1:19 ` Jeff King
2008-03-03 19:17 ` Dirk Süsserott
2008-03-03 20:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-03 20:32 ` Dirk Süsserott
2008-03-02 15:41 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2008-03-02 15:42 ` [PATCH] Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually useful Alex Riesen
2008-03-02 15:43 ` [PATCH] Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errors Alex Riesen
2008-03-02 15:44 ` [PATCH] Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errors Alex Riesen
2008-03-02 15:44 ` [PATCH] Add a test for git-add --ignore-errors Alex Riesen
2008-03-02 15:57 ` [PATCH] Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually useful Johannes Schindelin
2008-03-02 16:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-02 21:42 ` Alex Riesen
2008-03-02 22:04 ` Joachim B Haga
2008-03-03 6:57 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:56 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:57 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:58 ` [PATCH] Extend interface of add_files_to_cache to allow ignore indexing errors Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:58 ` [PATCH] Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errors Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:58 ` [PATCH] Add a test for git-add --ignore-errors Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 17:59 ` [PATCH] Add a config option to ignore errors for git-add Alex Riesen
2008-05-13 3:48 ` [PATCH] Add a test for git-add --ignore-errors Junio C Hamano
2008-05-13 6:04 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-13 6:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-13 22:28 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 18:42 ` [PATCH] Make the exit code of add_file_to_index actually useful Junio C Hamano
2008-05-12 20:54 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-12 22:48 ` Alex Riesen
2008-05-12 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-13 6:00 ` Alex Riesen
2008-03-03 18:01 ` Daniel Barkalow
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