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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-add.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 8710b3a75e..2fef0681bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ the commit. The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included for the next commit. -This command only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use -"git update-index --add". +This command can be used to add ignored files, but they have to be +explicitly and exactly specified from the command line. File globbing +and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files. Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a commit. @@ -35,7 +36,11 @@ commit. OPTIONS ------- <file>...:: - Files to add content from. + Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can + be given to add all matching files. Also a + leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` + and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the + directory, recursively. -n:: Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c index 17641b433d..822075ac22 100644 --- a/builtin-add.c +++ b/builtin-add.c @@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ static void prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec, int p i = dir->nr; while (--i >= 0) { struct dir_entry *entry = *src++; - if (!match_pathspec(pathspec, entry->name, entry->len, prefix, seen)) { + int how = match_pathspec(pathspec, entry->name, entry->len, + prefix, seen); + /* + * ignored entries can be added with exact match, + * but not with glob nor recursive. + */ + if (!how || + (entry->ignored_entry && how != MATCHED_EXACTLY)) { free(entry); continue; } @@ -55,6 +62,8 @@ static void fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec) /* Set up the default git porcelain excludes */ memset(dir, 0, sizeof(*dir)); + if (pathspec) + dir->show_both = 1; dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore"; path = git_path("info/exclude"); if (!access(path, R_OK)) |