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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-02-04 10:25:13 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-02-04 10:25:14 -0800 |
| commit | 27d46a70724ef5e087863c3db35eb7ca9c084c2c (patch) | |
| tree | c5d5c9a2ba819662fb939bfb8ff195f718749950 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jc/push-reject-reasons' (diff) | |
| parent | add: warn when -u or -A is used without pathspec (diff) | |
| download | tgif-27d46a70724ef5e087863c3db35eb7ca9c084c2c.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'mm/add-u-A-sans-pathspec'
Forbid "git add -u" and "git add -A" without pathspec run from a
subdirectory, to train people to type "." (or ":/") to make the
choice of default does not matter.
* mm/add-u-A-sans-pathspec:
add: warn when -u or -A is used without pathspec
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index fd9e36b99f..533355984c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below. from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree have been removed. + -If no <filepattern> is given, default to "."; in other words, -update all tracked files in the current directory and its -subdirectories. +If no <filepattern> is given, the current version of Git defaults to +"."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory +and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version +of Git, hence the form without <filepattern> should not be used. -A:: --all:: |