Merge branch 'jc/maint-doc-em-dash'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 74741a42f409a7af5c60584a0d3b7a0be851811c..73378b2bef8405f54c661e8c9745057b5b243f4d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
          [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
-         [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] [<filepattern>...]
+         [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--]
+         [<filepattern>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ 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 +133,12 @@ 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
@@ -149,14 +157,14 @@ those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-* Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory
+* Adds content from all `*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory
 and its subdirectories:
 +
 ------------
 $ git add Documentation/\*.txt
 ------------
 +
-Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
+Note that the asterisk `*` is quoted from the shell in this
 example; this lets the command include the files from
 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
 
@@ -212,7 +220,7 @@ binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no
 difference between indexed copy and the working tree
 version (if the working tree version were also different,
 'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing').  The
-other file, git-add--interactive.perl, has 403 lines added
+other file, git-add{litdd}interactive.perl, has 403 lines added
 and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but
 working tree file has further modifications (one addition and
 one deletion).