Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint-1.6.1

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 6fc20b0baf1592c88deecc37636b1c644483616b..e4c711bbd2d1a95d501978673bc52f7a2957fba7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ OPTIONS
        Record only the fact that the path will be added later. An entry
        for the path is placed in the index with no content. This is
        useful for, among other things, showing the unstaged content of
-       such files with 'git diff' and commiting them with 'git commit
+       such files with 'git diff' and committing them with 'git commit
        -a'.
 
 --refresh::
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ $ 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
+example; this lets the command include the files from
 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
 
 * Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
 $ git add git-*.sh
 ------------
 +
-Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are
+Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are
 listing the files explicitly), it does not consider
 `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
 
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ one deletion).
 
 update::
 
-   This shows the status information and gives prompt
-   "Update>>".  When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can
+   This shows the status information and issues an "Update>>"
+   prompt.  When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can
    make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or
    comma.  Also you can say ranges.  E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose
    2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list.  If the second number in a range is
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ add untracked::
 
 patch::
 
-  This lets you choose one path out of 'status' like selection.
-  After choosing the path, it presents diff between the index
+  This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection.
+  After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index
   and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
   the change of each hunk.  You can say: