title: Is there a way to tell git-status to ignore the effects of .gitignore files?
body: <p>I have configured numerous <code>.gitignore</code> files to filter out many different unwanted files from a set of about 6,000 untracked files. I want to do <code>git add .</code> when I've got my filtered list looking the way I want it.</p>
  
  <p>But, then I want to disable the <code>.gitignore</code> filters temporarily to see what got left behind, and make sure there was nothing important accidentally filtered.</p>
  
  <p>I know that <code>git-clean</code> includes an option to ignore <code>.gitignore files</code>. Is there a similar option for <code>git-status</code>?</p>
  
  <p>I could go through and delete all the <code>.gitignore</code> files, do the check, then restore them, but it seems there should be an easier way?</p>