Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:42:16AM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > >> >> Perhaps we could do a hybrid: add the files that were not ignored, but >> >> then still exit non-zero. Careful scripts need to check the exit status >> >> of "git add" anyway, and sloppy humans with over-broad wildcards >> >> typically do not care about the exit status. >> > >> > ;-) >> > >> >> You can simply say "Michael" in your last subclause above :) >> >> I'm wondering whether that behaviour change (without --ignore-errors) is >> OK - I don't mind, but hey, I usually don't. > > I can't think of a case that it really hurts, but then I have not > thought too hard on it. If you want to play with it, I think the patch > is as simple as: > > diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c > index ae6d3e2..1074e32 100644 > --- a/builtin/add.c > +++ b/builtin/add.c > @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int add_files(struct dir_struct *dir, int flags) > for (i = 0; i < dir->ignored_nr; i++) > fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", dir->ignored[i]->name); > fprintf(stderr, _("Use -f if you really want to add them.\n")); > - die(_("no files added")); > + exit_status = 1; > } > > for (i = 0; i < dir->nr; i++) > > It needs a tweak to t3700.35, which expects the "fatal:" line on stderr. > But other than that, it passes all tests. So it must be good, right? :) ;-) It indeed is a behaviour change, but I do not expect it would be too heavy a change to require us a transition period or major version bump. But because that is just my expectation, which is not what real world users would expect, so I'd prefer to cook such a change for at least a cycle and a half in 'next'. -- 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