From 1e423f56558e74a3a94c653108f64f0305199b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:38:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] git-add: warn when adding an ignored file with an explicit
 request.

We allow otherwise ignored paths to be added to the index by
spelling its path out on the command line, but we would warn the
user about them when we do so.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 builtin-add.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 822075ac22..c54c694532 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ static void prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec, int p
 			free(entry);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (entry->ignored_entry)
+			fprintf(stderr, "warning: '%s' is an ignored path.\n",
+				entry->name);
 		*dst++ = entry;
 	}
 	dir->nr = dst - dir->entries;