On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 14:47 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Drew Northup <drew.northup@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > # Untracked files: > > # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) > > # > > # rc.d/rc2.d/S08iptables > > # rc.d/rc3.d/S08iptables > > # rc.d/rc4.d/S08iptables > > ... > > no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") > > > > It detects the changes as renames however―which in this case isn't > > appropriate: > > > > [root@drew-northup ~]# etckeeper vcs status > > # On branch master > > # Changes to be committed: > > # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) > > # > > # renamed: rc.d/rc2.d/K92iptables -> rc.d/rc2.d/S08iptables > > # renamed: rc.d/rc3.d/K92iptables -> rc.d/rc3.d/S08iptables > > # renamed: rc.d/rc4.d/K92iptables -> rc.d/rc4.d/S08iptables > > #... > > Given that all of these six files have the same contents, I actually > am slightly impressed how well Git matched them up ;-). > > But more seriously, why do you have rc.d/rc2.d/S08iptables untracked > in the working tree but in the index to be committed? Missing steps in the mail body: etckeeper vcs add <File> & etckeeper vcs rm <File> commands. I pared it back to the absolute minimum. Is that what you're asking about? -- -Drew Northup ________________________________________________ "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?" -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59 -- 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