Merge branch 'ph/submodule-rebase' (early part)

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index e4c711bbd2d1a95d501978673bc52f7a2957fba7..ab1943c71243df245f84ede7a69e4c666a8d8834 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
-         [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
+         [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
          [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ OPTIONS
        bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
        the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
+-e, \--edit::
+       Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user
+       edit it.  After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers
+       and apply the patch to the index.
++
+*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change anything else than the first character
+on lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer
+apply.
+
 -u::
 --update::
        Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified
@@ -245,8 +254,11 @@ patch::
 
        y - stage this hunk
        n - do not stage this hunk
+       q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
        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
+       g - select a hunk to go to
+       / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
        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
@@ -263,13 +275,6 @@ 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
 --------
 linkgit:git-status[1]