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From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Subject: Re: Gitignore matching "git add" wildcard prevents operation
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:39:36 +0100
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The 14/01/10, Marko Poutiainen wrote:
> 
> Well, it then the interface just isn't consistent,

But it is...

> Well, it then the interface just isn't consistent, because if that's the
> reason, then why does
> 
> $git add .
> 
> then work in this case? . is still just a type of wildcard, so it fail
> in a similar way, shouldn't it?

...because the dot isn't a wildcard. It's a path.

So, we expect 'git add' to recusively work and resolve ignored paths
from .gitignore and so.

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht