Documentation: Add create-ignore to git svn manual

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 4af3a9b0d78d70d101196326d4c6fbadd743b924..35e67a06e4248182c05c98b4b9b421bb3e02940a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
+          [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -28,28 +30,30 @@ you must run 'git add' again to add the new content to the index.
 The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of which
 files have changes that are staged for the next commit.
 
-The 'add' command can be used to add ignored files with `-f` (force)
-option, but they have to be explicitly and exactly specified from the
-command line.  File globbing and recursive behaviour do not add ignored
-files.
+The 'git add' command will not add ignored files by default.  If any
+ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, 'git add'
+will fail with a list of ignored files.  Ignored files reached by
+directory recursion or filename globbing performed by Git (quote your
+globs before the shell) will be silently ignored.  The 'add' command can
+be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option.
 
-Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
+Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
 commit.
 
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<file>...::
+<filepattern>...::
        Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
        be given to add all matching files.  Also a
        leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
        and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
        directory, recursively.
 
--n::
+-n, \--dry-run::
         Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
 
--v::
+-v, \--verbose::
         Be verbose.
 
 -f::
@@ -57,14 +61,25 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -i, \--interactive::
        Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
-       the index.
+       the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
+       operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive
+       mode'' for details.
+
+-p, \--patch::
+       Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
+       bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
+       the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
 -u::
        Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
        to what "git commit -a" does in preparation for making a commit,
        except that the update is limited to paths specified on the
-       command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files are
-       updated.
+       command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the
+       current directory and its subdirectories are updated.
+
+\--refresh::
+       Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
+       information in the index.
 
 \--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
@@ -192,16 +207,16 @@ patch::
   and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
   the change of each hunk.  You can say:
 
-       y - add the change from that hunk to index
-       n - do not add the change from that hunk to index
-       a - add the change from that hunk and all the rest to index
-       d - do not the change from that hunk nor any of the rest to index
-       j - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next
-           undecided hunk
-       J - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next hunk
-       k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous
-           undecided hunk
-       K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk
+       y - stage this hunk
+       n - do not stage this hunk
+       a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file
+       d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file
+       j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
+       J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
+       k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk
+       K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk
+       s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks
+       ? - print help
 +
 After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
 that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
@@ -211,14 +226,21 @@ diff::
   This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between
   HEAD and index).
 
+Bugs
+----
+The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain
+characters that need C-quoting.  `core.quotepath` configuration can be
+used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash,
+double-quote and control characters will still have problems.
 
 See Also
 --------
-gitlink:git-status[1]
-gitlink:git-rm[1]
-gitlink:git-mv[1]
-gitlink:git-commit[1]
-gitlink:git-update-index[1]
+linkgit:git-status[1]
+linkgit:git-rm[1]
+linkgit:git-reset[1]
+linkgit:git-mv[1]
+linkgit:git-commit[1]
+linkgit:git-update-index[1]
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -230,4 +252,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite