To exclude files in repo.git.add()

[amrs-saama]

Hi,
How to exclude files in repo.git.add() ? because --all only worked for me , not -- :!
Or maybe I could do it wrong. If possible , kindly share a sample line of code for excluding

Thank you.

[Byron]

To answer the question, there should be clarity about what was tried exactly (with python code), along with the result of that code, and the expected result.

Generally with repo.git.add(…) all possible invocation of the sub-command are possible, if necessary by passing args directly with repo.git.add('--arg1', '--arg2', 'positional1', 'positional2'). More about direct git invocations can be found in the docs.

[amrs-saama]

Hey Sebastian , Thanks for your reply. Here's what I tried :
git.add("--all", "-- ':!ml_subcats.zip'")

Error thrown as below:

Arguments: (GitCommandError(['git', 'add', '--all', "-- :!ml_subcats.zip"], 129, b"error: unknown option ` ':!ml_subcats.zip''\nusage: git add [<options>] [--] <pathspec>...\n\n    -n, --dry-run         dry run\n    -v, --verbose         be verbose\n\n    -i, --interactive     interactive picking\n    -p, --patch           select hunks interactively\n    -e, --edit            edit current diff and apply\n    -f, --force           allow adding otherwise ignored files\n    -u, --update          update tracked files\n    --renormalize         renormalize EOL of tracked files (implies -u)\n    -N, --intent-to-add   record only the fact that the path will be added later\n    -A, --all             add changes from all tracked and untracked files\n    --ignore-removal      ignore paths removed in the working tree (same as --no-all)\n    --refresh             don't add, only refresh the index\n    --ignore-errors       just skip files which cannot be added because of errors\n    --ignore-missing      check if - even missing - files are ignored in dry run\n    --chmod (+|-)x        override the executable bit of the listed files\n    --pathspec-from-file <file>\n                          read pathspec from file\n    --pathspec-file-nul   with --pathspec-from-file, pathspec elements are separated with NUL character\n", b''),)

[Byron]

You probably mean git.add("--all", "--", ':!ml_subcats.zip').

[amrs-saama]

Thank you Sebastian for suggesting this. But just a few minutes back I tried another option like this , and it worked (instead of exclamatory, I used carat symbol). Thanks for your support.
git.add("--all", ':^*.zip')