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| author |  Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2007-05-13 20:39:11 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-05-13 18:45:15 -0700 |
| commit | dfaa61bd524799d61b50bbbcee8b7972910ea41c (patch) | |
| tree | feba31b412d434429362118d7d07f830039033ba | |
| parent | Documentation: Split description of pretty formats of commit log (diff) | |
| download | tgif-dfaa61bd524799d61b50bbbcee8b7972910ea41c.tar.xz | |
Documentation/git-add: clarify -u with path limiting
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index ea2701846f..27b9c0f8cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ OPTIONS the index. -u:: - Update all files that git already knows about. This is what - "git commit -a" does in preparation for making a commit. + Update only files that git already knows about. 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 are + updated. \--:: This option can be used to separate command-line options from |