--- /dev/null
+#!/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