Re: [BUG] git-add doesn't apply filepatterns to tracked files

Kevin Ballard [off-list ref] writes:

It seems that git-add doesn't match filepatterns against tracked files,

This is an issue known for a long time (and the one I had been bitching
about every time I had a chance).  Tracked ones obey diff-index pathspec
rules (leading path match only) while untracked ones use gitignore
pathspec rules.