On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > An alternative is to use the mechanism I added here to _detect_ > the attempt to add an ignored file with explicitly spelled out > pathspec, and issue an info message that says something like: > > Path 'xyzzy/filfre.o' is not being ignored by one of > your .gitignore files. If you really want to add it, > please add this entry to .gitignore file: > > !/xyzzy/filfre.o What about this instead: Path 'xyzzy/filfre.o' should be ignored according to one of your .gitignore files. If you really want to add it, you must use the -f flag. Nicolas - 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