"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > -The `git add` command will not add ignored files by default. If any > -ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, `git add` > -will fail with a list of ignored files. Ignored files reached by > -directory recursion or filename globbing performed by Git (quote your > -globs before the shell) will be silently ignored. The `git add` command can > -be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option. > +The `git add` command will not add ignored files by default. You can > +use the `--force` option to add ignored files. If you specify the exact > +filename of an ignored file, `git add` will fail with a list of ignored > +files. Otherwise it will silently ignore the file. Nice. Much simplified, yet still teaches the same thing. Thanks.
