Hi, On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Mark Burton wrote: > Hi Francis, > > > You must "git add .gitignore" first. And yes, this is by design. > > Err, that's a bit odd isn't it because "git add" stages the content into > the index but the whole point of specifying files on the command line to > "git commit" is to commit the changes in the specified files while > ignoring what's currently in the index (so says the man page for > commit). It may be a traditional wart, but a helpful one. Remember, you can also say: git commit that/directory/ I do _not_ want Git to add all untracked (and unignored) files in that directory automatically. Ciao, Dscho -- 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
