X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-add.txt;h=ab1943c71243df245f84ede7a69e4c666a8d8834;hb=7d40f89137b456820d51ebc1cbb3ffbb966e7fec;hp=ce71838b9e17f3b68dcd19648da3a88dfe4f35bd;hpb=0122cf6611f0963a7aa72592da18013c3584557e;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index ce71838b9..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
@@ -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