git add: Add the "--ignore-missing" option for the dry run

[git.git] / Documentation / git-add.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 74741a42f409a7af5c60584a0d3b7a0be851811c..bfea2c2d62ca7112fca8d8e78f2bc71503d2a889 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -n::
 --dry-run::
-        Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
+       Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist and/or will
+       be ignored.
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
@@ -131,6 +132,12 @@ subdirectories.
        them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
        others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
 
+--ignore-missing::
+       This option can only be used together with --dry-run. By using
+       this option the user can check if any of the given files would
+       be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
+       tree or not.
+
 \--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
        the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken