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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 9c1d395722..f2eb9076d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] - [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N] - [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--] - [<filepattern>...] +'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] + [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]] + [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] + [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -49,12 +49,18 @@ commit. OPTIONS ------- -<filepattern>...:: +<pathspec>...:: Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to add all matching files. Also a leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` - and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the - directory, recursively. + and `dir/file2`) can be given to update the index to + match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g. + 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 + to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want + to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. -n:: --dry-run:: @@ -100,23 +106,38 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below. -u:: --update:: - Only match <filepattern> against already tracked files in - the index rather than the working tree. That means that it - will never stage new files, but that it will stage modified - new contents of tracked files and that it will remove files - from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree - have been removed. + Update the index just where it already has an entry matching + <pathspec>. This removes as well as modifies index entries to + match the working tree, but adds no new files. + -If no <filepattern> is given, default to "."; in other words, -update all tracked files in the current directory and its -subdirectories. +If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` option is used, all +tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions +of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its +subdirectories). -A:: --all:: - Like `-u`, but match <filepattern> against files in the - working tree in addition to the index. That means that it - will find new files as well as staging modified content and - removing files that are no longer in the working tree. +--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 + match the working tree. ++ +If no <pathspec> is given when `-A` option is used, all +files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions +of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its +subdirectories). + +--no-all:: +--ignore-removal:: + Update the index by adding new files that are unknown to the + index and files modified in the working tree, but ignore + files that have been removed from the working tree. This + option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used. ++ +This option is primarily to help users who are used to older +versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>..." was a synonym +for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files. -N:: --intent-to-add:: @@ -152,10 +173,10 @@ subdirectories. Configuration ------------- -The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a +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:gitrepository-layout[5]. +those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. EXAMPLES @@ -279,9 +300,9 @@ patch:: y - stage this hunk n - do not stage this hunk - q - quit; do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones + q - quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining ones a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file - d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the later hunks in the file + d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file g - select a hunk to go to / - search for a hunk matching the given regex j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk @@ -296,7 +317,7 @@ After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks. + You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration -variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`. +variable `interactive.singleKey` to `true`. diff:: |