Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:
Today, "git add ." adds new content in tracked files, and new files, but
doesn't notice files deletions. Did I miss something, or is there no way
to do that with your proposal?
That _may_ be something we would want to discuss, even to introduce a
backward incompatible change, aimed at 1.10.0 or 2.0 timeframe (if we are
starting to discuss something new today, it is too late for 1.8.0).