X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-add.txt;h=ab1943c71243df245f84ede7a69e4c666a8d8834;hb=59773c7e583b1dcf4b63c4ee222b79cef460456b;hp=d938b422893067feb1a430edb34fb51ef7db6d85;hpb=a8816e7bab0354badd915c1da09421a64c982831;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index d938b4228..ab1943c71 100644
--- 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