git add: Add the "--ignore-missing" option for the dry run

Sometimes it is useful to know if a file or directory will be ignored
before it is added to the work tree. An example is "git submodule add",
where it would be really nice to be able to fail with an appropriate
error message before the submodule is cloned and checked out.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index 6f031af9f3..47fbf5362f 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -260,4 +260,29 @@ test_expect_success '"add non-existent" should fail' '
 	! (git ls-files | grep "non-existent")
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run of existing changed file' "
+	echo new >>track-this &&
+	git add --dry-run track-this >actual 2>&1 &&
+	echo \"add 'track-this'\" | test_cmp - actual
+"
+
+test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run of non-existing file' "
+	echo ignored-file >>.gitignore &&
+	! (git add --dry-run track-this ignored-file >actual 2>&1) &&
+	echo \"fatal: pathspec 'ignored-file' did not match any files\" | test_cmp - actual
+"
+
+cat >expect <<EOF
+The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
+ignored-file
+Use -f if you really want to add them.
+fatal: no files added
+add 'track-this'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run --ignore-missing of non-existing file' '
+	!(git add --dry-run --ignore-missing track-this ignored-file >actual 2>&1) &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done