On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:39:32AM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > I just ran into case where > > git add -u > > repetedly did not update the index. In contrast, picking stuff using > > git add -p > > works just fine. > > Could it be "git add -u" is broken in git 1.7.4? It could be. However, I can think of one such case where you might see that behavior. "git add -u" operates from the current subdirectory, whereas "git add -p" operates from the top of the project tree (yes, this inconsistency confusing, but it's not as serious as "git add -u doesn't work"). You can demonstrate it with: mkdir repo && cd repo && git init mkdir subdir && echo content >file git add . && git commit -m base echo more >>file mkdir subdir && cd subdir git add -u git status ;# still not staged for commit git add -p ;# finds it Might you have been in a subdirectory of the project when you saw this behavior? -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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