Add and remove literal files

pathspec in git has special characters that we should not trigger.
Assume every filespec as literal

lib/git.py

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Git:
     #                logging.warning(f"Error removing file {path}: {e}")
 
     def add(self, filename):
-        self.git_run(["add", filename])
+        self.git_run(["add", ":(literal)" + filename])
 
     def add_default_gitignore(self):
         if not (self.path / ".gitignore").exists():
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Git:
 
     def remove(self, file: pathlib.Path):
         self.git_run(
-            ["rm", "-q", "-f", "--ignore-unmatch", file.name],
+            ["rm", "-q", "-f", "--ignore-unmatch", ":(literal)" + file.name],
         )
         patterns = self.get_specific_lfs_gitattributes()
         if file.name in patterns:
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class Git:
             ["remote"],
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         ).stdout.decode("utf-8"):
-            logger.warning("Not pushing to remote because no 'origin' configured")
+            logging.warning("Not pushing to remote because no 'origin' configured")
             return
 
         cmd = ["push"]

lib/git_exporter.py

@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ class GitExporter:
             logging.debug(f"Committing {flat}")
             self.commit_flat(flat, branch_state)
 
+        # make sure that we create devel branch
+        if not branch_state["devel"]:
+            logging.debug("force creating devel")
+            self.git.set_branch_head("devel", self.git.branch_head("factory"))
+
         self.git.push(force=True)
 
     def run_gc(self):