Re: git add -A fails in empty repository since 1.8.5

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

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It could be argued that a "git add [<any option>] .", with an
explicit "." given by the end-user, that is run in an empty
directory may be an error worth reporting.

But what we have right now is really weird:

I know.  That is why I said "It _could_ be argued".