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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 45652fe4a6..8b0e4c7fa8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ OPTIONS specifying `dir` will record not just a file `dir/file1` modified in the working tree, a file `dir/file2` added to the working tree, but also a file `dir/file3` removed from - the working tree. Note that older versions of Git used + the working tree). Note that older versions of Git used to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want - to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. + to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. + For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7]. @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ subdirectories). --no-ignore-removal:: Update the index not only where the working tree has a file matching <pathspec> but also where the index already has an - entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to + entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to match the working tree. + If no <pathspec> is given when `-A` option is used, all @@ -193,20 +193,11 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files. for command-line options). -CONFIGURATION -------------- - -The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a -file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to -$GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to -those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. - - EXAMPLES -------- * Adds content from all `*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory -and its subdirectories: + and its subdirectories: + ------------ $ git add Documentation/\*.txt |