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Subject: Re: git-add--interactive works only in top level
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Reid Barton <rwbarton@MIT.EDU> writes:

> When the working directory is not the top of the working tree, git-
> add--interactive fails silently and confusingly.

Sheesh, you got me worried.

This is a non issue; git-add--interactive is not for direct end user
consumption.  It relies on being run from git-add wrapper, which does
cdup to the top of the work tree before launching add--interactive
helper.