Hi, When I try: git commit -m "New file." .gitignore Where .gitignore is not yet tracked, I get: error: pathspec '.gitignore' did not match any file(s) known to git. Is that result by design, sloth or bug (or me being stupid)? Thanks, Mark -- 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