How to "git add ." when some files are not accessible (permission denied)?

@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 		case DIFF_STATUS_UNMERGED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_TYPE_CHANGED:
-			add_file_to_cache(path, verbose);
+			if (add_file_to_cache(path, verbose))
+				exit(1);
 			break;
 		case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED:
 			remove_file_from_cache(path);

@@ -266,7 +267,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++)
-		add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose);
+		if (add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose))
+			exit(1);
 
  finish:
 	if (active_cache_changed) {

@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ static void add_remove_files(struct path_list *list)
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++) {
 		struct path_list_item *p = &(list->items[i]);
-		if (file_exists(p->path))
-			add_file_to_cache(p->path, 0);
-		else
+		if (file_exists(p->path)) {
+			if (add_file_to_cache(p->path, 0))
+				exit(1);
+		} else
 			remove_file_from_cache(p->path);
 	}
 }

@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < added.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = added.items[i].path;
-			add_file_to_cache(path, verbose);
+			if (add_file_to_cache(path, verbose))
+				exit(1);
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < deleted.nr; i++)

@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ int add_file_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int verbose)
 	unsigned ce_option = CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID|CE_MATCH_RACY_IS_DIRTY;
 
 	if (lstat(path, &st))
-		die("%s: unable to stat (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
+		return error("%s: unable to stat (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-		die("%s: can only add regular files, symbolic links or git-directories", path);
+		return error("%s: can only add regular files, symbolic links or git-directories", path);
 
 	namelen = strlen(path);
 	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {

@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ int add_file_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int verbose)
 	}
 
 	if (index_path(ce->sha1, path, &st, 1))
-		die("unable to index file %s", path);
+		return error("unable to index file %s", path);
 	if (add_index_entry(istate, ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD|ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE))
-		die("unable to add %s to index",path);
+		return error("unable to add %s to index",path);
 	if (verbose)
 		printf("add '%s'\n", path);
 	return 0;

@@ -79,12 +79,18 @@ static void fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec,
 		prune_directory(dir, pathspec, baselen);
 }
 
+struct update_callback_data
+{
+	int flags;
+	int add_errors;
+};
+
 static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 			    struct diff_options *opt, void *cbdata)
 {
-	int i, verbose;
+	int i;
+	struct update_callback_data *data = cbdata;
 
-	verbose = *((int *)cbdata);
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 		const char *path = p->one->path;

@@ -94,28 +100,35 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 		case DIFF_STATUS_UNMERGED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED:
 		case DIFF_STATUS_TYPE_CHANGED:
-			if (add_file_to_cache(path, verbose))
-				exit(1);
+			if (add_file_to_cache(path, data->flags & ADD_FILES_VERBOSE)) {
+				if (!(data->flags & ADD_FILES_IGNORE_ERRORS))
+					exit(1);
+				data->add_errors++;
+			}
 			break;
 		case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED:
 			remove_file_from_cache(path);
-			if (verbose)
+			if (data->flags & ADD_FILES_VERBOSE)
 				printf("remove '%s'\n", path);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-void add_files_to_cache(int verbose, const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
+int add_files_to_cache(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec, int flags)
 {
+	struct update_callback_data data;
 	struct rev_info rev;
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, NULL);
 	rev.prune_data = pathspec;
 	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback = update_callback;
-	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = &verbose;
+	data.flags = flags;
+	data.add_errors = 0;
+	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = &data;
 	run_diff_files(&rev, DIFF_RACY_IS_MODIFIED);
+	return !!data.add_errors;
 }
 
 static void refresh(int verbose, const char **pathspec)

@@ -193,6 +206,7 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 
 int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	int exit_status = 0;
 	int i, newfd;
 	const char **pathspec;
 	struct dir_struct dir;

@@ -209,11 +223,16 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	newfd = hold_locked_index(&lock_file, 1);
 
 	if (take_worktree_changes) {
+		int flags = 0;
 		const char **pathspec;
 		if (read_cache() < 0)
 			die("index file corrupt");
 		pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
-		add_files_to_cache(verbose, prefix, pathspec);
+
+		if (verbose)
+			flags |= ADD_FILES_VERBOSE;
+
+		exit_status = add_files_to_cache(prefix, pathspec, flags);
 		goto finish;
 	}
 

@@ -277,5 +296,5 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			die("Unable to write new index file");
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return exit_status;
 }

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			 * entries in the index.
 			 */
 
-			add_files_to_cache(0, NULL, NULL);
+			add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
 			work = write_tree_from_memory();
 
 			ret = reset_to_new(new->commit->tree, opts->quiet);

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 */
 	if (all || (also && pathspec && *pathspec)) {
 		int fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
-		add_files_to_cache(0, also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec);
+		add_files_to_cache(also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec, 0);
 		refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 		if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 		    close_lock_file(&index_lock))

@@ -748,7 +748,13 @@ extern int convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 extern int convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len, struct strbuf *dst);
 
 /* add */
-void add_files_to_cache(int verbose, const char *prefix, const char **pathspec);
+#define ADD_FILES_VERBOSE	01
+#define ADD_FILES_IGNORE_ERRORS	02
+/*
+ * return 0 if success, 1 - if addition of a file failed and
+ * ADD_FILES_IGNORE_ERRORS was specified in flags
+ */
+int add_files_to_cache(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec, int flags);
 
 /* diff.c */
 extern int diff_auto_refresh_index;

@@ -179,4 +179,13 @@ test_expect_success 'git add --refresh' '
 	test -z "`git diff-index HEAD -- foo`"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git add --ignore-errors' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	date >foo1 &&
+	date >foo2 &&
+	chmod 0 foo2 &&
+	git add --verbose --ignore-errors .
+	git ls-files |grep foo1
+'
+
 test_done

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
-          [--] <filepattern>...
+	  [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
 	information in the index.
 
+\--ignore-errors::
+	If some files could not be added because of errors indexing
+	them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
+	others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
+
 \--::
 	This option can be used to separate command-line options from
 	the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static const char ignore_error[] =
 "The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:\n";
 
 static int verbose = 0, show_only = 0, ignored_too = 0, refresh_only = 0;
+static int ignore_add_errors;
 
 static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only),

@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', NULL, &ignored_too, "allow adding otherwise ignored files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('u', NULL, &take_worktree_changes, "update tracked files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "refresh", &refresh_only, "don't add, only refresh the index"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "ignore-errors", &ignore_add_errors, "just skip files which cannot be added because of errors"),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 

@@ -231,6 +233,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (verbose)
 			flags |= ADD_FILES_VERBOSE;
+		if (ignore_add_errors)
+			flags |= ADD_FILES_IGNORE_ERRORS;
 
 		exit_status = add_files_to_cache(prefix, pathspec, flags);
 		goto finish;

@@ -286,8 +290,11 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++)
-		if (add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose))
-			exit(1);
+		if (add_file_to_cache(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose)) {
+			if (!ignore_add_errors)
+				exit(1);
+			exit_status = 1;
+		}
 
  finish:
 	if (active_cache_changed) {