git add --ignore-errors doesn't ignore .gitignore errors

Hi,

git add has '--ignore-errors' parameter which, according to the man entry, allows to continue adding even if one of the files failed to add:

 --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. The configuration variable add.ignoreErrors can be set to true to make this
           the default behaviour.

However, if the error happens because a file is ignored by Git, git-add aborts, even if "--ignore-errors" is given:

	# git add --ignore-errors .t test2.txt
	The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
	.t
	Use -f if you really want to add them.
	fatal: no files added

(in this example '.t' is ignored while 'test2.txt' is not)

Is it a bug or a lack of documentation?

Thanks.

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Kirill Likhodedov
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