Am 13.02.22 um 07:25 schrieb Junio C Hamano: > > So we do need some extra "manifest" to declare what's untracked etc., > if we allow --add-file etc. to munge the tree when creating a tarball > out of it. Right, or get that information from the order of files in the archive, by having tracked files come first, then the signature file with a certain name and then untracked files. René