1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index d39c474fbd..6ebe368a9e 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def setup_git_repo(repodir, version, devbranch, basetag='devtool-base', d=None):
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodir, '.git')):
         bb.process.run('git init', cwd=repodir)
         bb.process.run('git config --local gc.autodetach 0', cwd=repodir)
-        bb.process.run('git add .', cwd=repodir)
+        bb.process.run('git add -f -A .', cwd=repodir)
         commit_cmd = ['git']
         oe.patch.GitApplyTree.gitCommandUserOptions(commit_cmd, d=d)
         commit_cmd += ['commit', '-q']