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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6342ea33e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +git-add(1) +========== + +NAME +---- +git-add - Add files to the index file + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--] <file>... + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index, +for people used to do "cvs add". + +It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use +"git update-index --add". + +OPTIONS +------- +<file>...:: + Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]). + +-n:: + Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. + +-v:: + Be verbose. + +\--:: + This option can be used to separate command-line options from + the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken + for command-line options). + + +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The list of <file> given to the command is fed to `git-ls-files` +command to list files that are not registered in the index and +are not ignored/excluded by `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file or +`.gitignore` file in each directory. This means two things: + +. You can put the name of a directory on the command line, and + the command will add all files in it and its subdirectories; + +. Giving the name of a file that is already in index does not + run `git-update-index` on that path. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- +git-add Documentation/\\*.txt:: + + Adds all `\*.txt` files that are not in the index under + `Documentation` directory and its subdirectories. ++ +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:: + + Adds all git-*.sh scripts that are not in the index. + Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk + (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not + add `subdir/git-foo.sh` to the index. + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-rm[1] +gitlink:git-ls-files[1] + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |