"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/add-interactive.c b/add-interactive.c > index 6047e8f6489..22fcd3412ca 100644 > --- a/add-interactive.c > +++ b/add-interactive.c > @@ -697,8 +697,16 @@ static int run_update(struct add_i_state *s, const struct pathspec *ps, > > for (i = 0; i < files->items.nr; i++) { > const char *name = files->items.items[i].string; > - if (files->selected[i] && > - add_file_to_index(s->r->index, name, 0) < 0) { > + struct stat st; > + > + if (!files->selected[i]) > + continue; > + if (lstat(name, &st) && is_missing_file_error(errno)) { > + if (remove_file_from_index(s->r->index, name) < 0) { > + res = error(_("could not stage '%s'"), name); > + break; > + } > + } else if (add_file_to_index(s->r->index, name, 0) < 0) { > res = error(_("could not stage '%s'"), name); > break; > } The fix looks quite straight-forward. It is somewhat disappointing that it was caught after this loooong time, but as they say, better late than never. Thanks for a quick report and a fix. > diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh > index fc26cb8bae8..b354fb39de8 100755 > --- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh > +++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh > @@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ test_expect_success 'status works (commit)' ' > grep "+1/-0 *+2/-0 file" output > ' > > +test_expect_success 'update can stage deletions' ' > + >to-delete && > + git add to-delete && > + rm to-delete && > + test_write_lines u t "" | git add -i && > + git ls-files to-delete >output && > + test_must_be_empty output > +' > + > test_expect_success 'setup expected' ' > cat >expected <<-\EOF > index 180b47c..b6f2c08 100644 > > base-commit: e4a4b31577c7419497ac30cebe30d755b97752c5