Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-add: Don't exclude explicitly-specified tracked files

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 07:03, Greg Brockman <gdb@mit.edu> wrote:
> Currently, 'git add' will complain about excluded files, even if they
> are already tracked:
>
> $ mkdir dir && touch dir/file && cat > .gitignore <<< dir
> $ git add -f dir/file
> $ git status
>  ...
>  new file:   dir/file
>  ...
> $ git add dir/file
> The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
> dir
> Use -f if you really want to add them.
> fatal: no files added
>
> This commit changes 'git add' to disregard excludes for tracked files
> whose paths are explicitly specified on the command-line.  So in the
> above example, 'git add dir/file' no longer requires a '-f'.  However,
> 'git add dir' does.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Brockman <gdb@mit.edu>
> ---
>  builtin/add.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> What do people think of this behavior?  My motivation in writing this patch is
> that I sometimes track files in an ignored directory, and it can be cumbersome
> to remember to pass '-f' when adding them.  Related commands such as 'git add -p'
> and 'git commit -a' do not require a '-f' in this case, so it feels natural to me not
> to require extra user confirmation when an explicit path has been provided.

I like it. I keep a /etc in git with .gitignore "*". This would help a
lot for use cases like that. Explicitly specifying a full path should
override gitignore IMO.

I think with some tests this should be ready to go.