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| -rw-r--r-- | git/index/base.py | 4 |
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diff --git a/git/index/base.py b/git/index/base.py index b73edd6f..733d4a63 100644 --- a/git/index/base.py +++ b/git/index/base.py @@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable): strings denote a relative or absolute path into the repository pointing to an existing file, i.e. CHANGES, lib/myfile.ext, '/home/gitrepo/lib/myfile.ext'. + Absolute paths must start with working tree directory of this index's repository + to be considered valid. For example, if it was initialized with a non-normalized path, like + `/root/repo/../repo`, absolute paths to be added must start with `/root/repo/../repo`. + Paths provided like this must exist. When added, they will be written into the object database. |