X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-add.txt;h=e0e730b6c44d473ad6cc9a23f7b727ab818d63a5;hb=4be403815321976bc2ee4c6677799abb06b153aa;hp=35e67a06e4248182c05c98b4b9b421bb3e02940a;hpb=4c414e2e09607d53141573710ef6d79db2aa64ae;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 35e67a06e..e0e730b6c 100644 --- 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 ----------------