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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Feature_request:_Flag_to_make_git_annex_add_not_ignore_dotfiles.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Feature_request:_Flag_to_make_git_annex_add_not_ignore_dotfiles.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 686bf1887..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/Feature_request:_Flag_to_make_git_annex_add_not_ignore_dotfiles.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -When using git annex as part of an automated backup system, it's sometimes important that we archive all files, including dotfiles. - -AFAICT there's no way to tell git annex add to add all dotfiles in a given directory; the only way to do it is to list every dotfile individually. (git annex add --force doesn't seem to do it.) - -This can be worked around with find and xargs, but this is more work than it should be, I think. - -It might also be nice if git annex add displayed a warning when adding a directory with dotfiles; something like "Warning, N files ignored; pass --whatever to add them." - -> [[!commit 34abd7bca80a8cc012f92d64116014449b1b2392]] explains -> the rationalle for dotfiles to be skipped. Such as it was. -> -> I don't think it makes sense for --force to be the flag to override -> this, because you may want to add dotfiles, but not .gitignored -> files. So, made a new --include-dotfiles option. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |