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Subject: Re: How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible
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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:06:35 -0800
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Dirk S=C3=BCsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc> writes:

> This way prepared, I used "git ls-files -o | xargs git add -v" until
> most of my files were added.
> ...
> Caveat: filenames containing blanks are not handled properly as they
> are not surrounded by quotes. "git add" thinks of them as two or more
> files and fails.

Perhaps "git ls-files -z -o | git update-index --add --stdin"