On 13.01.2012 19:54 CE(S)T, Jeff King wrote: > Whether you realize it or not, git is using the index to store state. > When you "git add", "git rm", or "git mv", it is updating the index. I'm using TortoiseGit most of the time and that doesn't expose the concept of an "index". I edit files as usual, then select "commit" and get the commit dialogue. In there I enter the commit message and select all files to commit. I can add new files right there. There is no two-step procedure. > I notice that in your first mail, you mentioned a problem with > "checkout", and in the second one, a problem with "merge". Do you still > have the repo around with the "checkout" problem? If so, is the file > also in your "git ls-files" output in that repo? Yes, I have made a backup of the repo right after the initial problem arose. And the git ls-files output is the same regarding that file. > Which version of git are you using? There were many bugs fixed around > this area of merge around the v1.7.7 timeframe. msysGit 1.7.8 on Windows XP SP3. It's a "preview" but since Git is so old now and there's been nothing but "previews", I consider msysGit's meaning of the word "preview" as "stable". -- Yves Goergen "LonelyPixel" <nospam.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Visit my web laboratory at http://beta.unclassified.de -- 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