Add svn-compatible "blame" output format to git-svn

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 35e67a06e4248182c05c98b4b9b421bb3e02940a..e0e730b6c44d473ad6cc9a23f7b727ab818d63a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ OPTIONS
        the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
 -u::
-       Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
+       Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified
+       content for commit and marking deleted files for removal. 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 in the
@@ -98,21 +100,27 @@ those in info/exclude.  See link:repository-layout.html[repository layout].
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
-git-add Documentation/\\*.txt::
 
-       Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation`
-       directory and its subdirectories.
+* 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
 example; this lets the command to include the files from
 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
 
-git-add git-*.sh::
-
-       Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts.
-       Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk
-       (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not
-       consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
+* Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts:
++
+------------
+$ git add git-*.sh
+------------
++
+Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are
+listing the files explicitly), it does not consider
+`subdir/git-foo.sh`.
 
 Interactive mode
 ----------------