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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='giving ignored paths to git add'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	mkdir sub dir dir/sub &&
+	echo sub >.gitignore &&
+	echo ign >>.gitignore &&
+	for p in . sub dir dir/sub
+	do
+		>"$p/ign" &&
+		>"$p/file" || exit 1
+	done
+'
+
+for i in file dir/file dir 'd*'
+do
+	test_expect_success "no complaints for unignored $i" '
+		rm -f .git/index &&
+		git add "$i" &&
+		git ls-files "$i" >out &&
+		test -s out
+	'
+done
+
+for i in ign dir/ign dir/sub dir/sub/*ign sub/file sub sub/*
+do
+	test_expect_success "complaints for ignored $i" '
+		rm -f .git/index &&
+		test_must_fail git add "$i" 2>err &&
+		git ls-files "$i" >out &&
+		! test -s out &&
+		grep -e "Use -f if" err &&
+		cat err
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "complaints for ignored $i with unignored file" '
+		rm -f .git/index &&
+		test_must_fail git add "$i" file 2>err &&
+		git ls-files "$i" >out &&
+		! test -s out &&
+		grep -e "Use -f if" err &&
+		cat err
+	'
+done
+
+for i in sub sub/*
+do
+	test_expect_success "complaints for ignored $i in dir" '
+		rm -f .git/index &&
+		(
+			cd dir &&
+			test_must_fail git add "$i" 2>err &&
+			git ls-files "$i" >out &&
+			! test -s out &&
+			grep -e "Use -f if" err &&
+			cat err
+		)
+	'
+done
+
+for i in ign file
+do
+	test_expect_success "complaints for ignored $i in sub" '
+		rm -f .git/index &&
+		(
+			cd sub &&
+			test_must_fail git add "$i" 2>err &&
+			git ls-files "$i" >out &&
+			! test -s out &&
+			grep -e "Use -f if" err &&
+			cat err
+		)
+	'
+done
+
+test_done