On Wed, 17 May 2006 15:23:06 -0400 Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html