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Bug 356633

Summary:	Failure to add files to repository if a .gitignore file is present
Product:	[Tools] PTP	Reporter:	John Eblen <jdeblen1>
Component:	RDT.sync	Assignee:	John Eblen <jdeblen1>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	5.0.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description John Eblen

2011-09-02 15:13:28 EDT

If a .gitignore file is in the user's directory (and it lists a real, non-filtered file), we receive the following error on project creation:

The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
{the file name}
Use -f if you really want to add them.
fatal: no files added

Since no files are added, no files are downloaded to the local workspace.

Comment 1 John Eblen

2011-09-02 15:24:45 EDT

This was a simple fix. Adding the -f flag to the "git add" command causes it to ignore the .gitignore file. Fixed in HEAD and PTP_5_0.