On Wed, 17 May 2006 15:23:06 -0400
Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:

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> Can we apply the ignore rules to the directories but not the files?
> 
> This way, "git-add *" would add all files (rarely a good idea), whereas 
> "git-add ." would respect the ignore rules.
> 
> Kludgy as it is, this approach would generally produce more expected
> results than others.  If you let the shell expand the pattern, expect
> all junk to be added.  If you let git expand the pattern, expect it to
> adhere to the ignore rules. 

Shouldn't git just always respect the ignore rules?  Forcing someone to
remove a file from the .gitignore or employ the other work around
mentioned earlier doesn't seem too bad.  How often are people adding
files that are explicitly ignored?

Sean
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