Comment 9 for bug 76616

I agree Martin, infact while I was developing the patch I realised that it was too verbose and indeed I mention the -v verbose option above that people may use if they are aware of it.

This is a "trivial" bug, therefore I propose it be resolved without futher ado by:

Adding a sentance or two to 'bzr help add', relating to ignored files. and, either;

(1) Exactly what you propose above Martin, to keep the add ouput "clean"

(2) Alternatively, I suggest:
Print only (if there are ignored files):
"Not adding 31 file(s) matched by ignore list."

The use case for this is that someone may want to add .obj, .o, .so or .lib files (and other patterns, normally ignored), but find (too much later) that they have not been added and wonder why it may be, unaware of the -v option. At least with a simple diagnostic message they are notified of such; and they have enough to go on to notice and to rectify the situation.

I am quite happy to submit another change on my branch that will implement either of these solutions. I leave the decision up to you Martin.