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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin-add.c3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8adb55c801..ce9c2509b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -534,9 +534,13 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
add.ignore-errors::
+add.ignoreErrors::
Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
- option of linkgit:git-add[1].
+ option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of git accept only
+ `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
+ convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of git
+ honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
alias.*::
Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 87d2980313..51eeabad86 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
static int add_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
{
- if (!strcasecmp(var, "add.ignore-errors")) {
+ if (!strcasecmp(var, "add.ignoreerrors") ||
+ !strcasecmp(var, "add.ignore-errors")) {
ignore_add_errors = git_config_bool(var, value);
return 0;
}