Post #2302393

#TIL: `git add --intent-to-add`. Signals, well, an intent to add a file. Importantly, this means `git diff` will diff it against an empty file, allowing for a more complete working tree patch such as: git add --intent-to-add . (git status; echo; git diff) >../tree.patch Keep in mind that this also means `git reset --hard` will remove the untracked files.