From 3a5e6dcbed3d815992af5b9621b73ef85d2024e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emile Clark-Boman <eclarkboman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:40:18 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] ./deploy use --intend-to-add on call to `git add`

---
 deploy | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index 911d054..08b95d0 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ collect_garbage () {
 
 rebuild_flake () {
 	# make sure all changes are visible to nixos
-	git add . --verbose
+	# (--intent-to-add tracks files but DOES NOT stage them)
+	git add . --intent-to-add --verbose
 	local FLAGS=
 	if [ "$1" = "reinstall-bootloader" ]; then
 		FLAGS="--install-bootloader"