Please describe the problem.

When attempting to add a file listed in .gitignore, git annex exits silently. I would expect to see an error message a la plain git: "The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: that file"

What steps will reproduce the problem?

  1. Add a file to .gitignore
  2. git annex add that file

What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

git-annex version: 6.20160613 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV FsEvents XMPP ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Quvi key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository versions: 5 6 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 operating system: darwin x86_64

Please provide any additional information below.

# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log


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Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)