On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 01:55:05PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Oops, I think our mails just crossed. I don't think --ignore-errors does > > quite what you want, though: > > > > $ touch foo > > $ git add foo bar > > fatal: pathspec 'bar' did not match any files > > $ git add --ignore-errors foo bar > > fatal: pathspec 'bar' did not match any files > > $ git status --porcelain > > ?? foo > > The option is described like so: > > --[no-]ignore-errors just skip files which cannot be added because of errors > > I think "because of errors" is meant handle a sequence more like this: > > $ date >foo ; date >bar > $ chmod a= foo > $ git add --ignore-errors foo bar > $ git diff --cached --name-only > bar > Yeah, I don't think --ignore-errors is misbehaving, and I read that doc. I just meant that it would not do the thing Jon is asking for. That is more like --ignore-missing. -Peff
