Re: adding a file to git: +.ly

[Erik Sandberg]

On Saturday 20 January 2007 22:57, Graham Percival wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Since you do not have that version, "-f" does not work for you. If you
> > really want to include the file in spite of .gitignore saying
> > something different, try
> >
> >     $ git-update-index --add +.ly
>
> Thanks, that worked.

BTW, I have sometimes renamed that file to something like __.ly or __dummy.ly. 
The only relevant property of the name +.ly is that it comes before the first 
real file. IMHO, + is a misleading name, and in addition it tends to cause 
minor headaches like this one.

-- 
Erik