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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index a0c9f68580..3383aca9af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -3,32 +3,37 @@ git-add(1) NAME ---- -git-add - Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next +git-add - Add file contents to the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--] <file>... +'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh] [--] <file>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -All the changed file contents to be committed together in a single set -of changes must be "added" with the 'add' command before using the -'commit' command. This is not only for adding new files. Even modified -files must be added to the set of changes about to be committed. - -This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. The added -content corresponds to the state of specified file(s) at the time the -'add' command is used. This means the 'commit' command will not consider -subsequent changes to already added content if it is not added again before -the commit. - -The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included -for the next commit. - -This command can be used to add ignored files with `-f` (force) -option, but they have to be -explicitly and exactly specified from the command line. File globbing -and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files. +This command adds the current content of new or modified files to the +index, thus staging that content for inclusion in the next commit. + +The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it +is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit. Thus +after making any changes to the working directory, and before running +the commit command, you must use the 'add' command to add any new or +modified files to the index. + +This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. It only +adds the content of the specified file(s) at the time the add command is +run; if you want subsequent changes included in the next commit, then +you must run 'git add' again to add the new content to the index. + +The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of which +files have changes that are staged for the next commit. + +The 'git add' command will not add ignored files by default. If any +ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, 'git add' +will fail with a list of ignored files. Ignored files reached by +directory recursion or filename globbing will be silently ignored. +The 'add' command can be used to add ignored files with the `-f` +(force) option. Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a commit. @@ -63,6 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files are updated. +\--refresh:: + Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat() + information in the index. + \--:: This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken @@ -228,4 +237,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - |