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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 48754cbc67..7ed63dce0b 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]
+'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>...]
+ [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ remove paths that do not exist in the working tree anymore.
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
+after making any changes to the working tree, and before running
the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or
modified files to the index.
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS
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::
@@ -87,7 +93,8 @@ This effectively runs `add --interactive`, but bypasses the
initial command menu and directly jumps to the `patch` subcommand.
See ``Interactive mode'' for details.
--e, \--edit::
+-e::
+--edit::
Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user
edit it. After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers
and apply the patch to the index.
@@ -104,10 +111,10 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
<pathspec>. This removes as well as modifies index entries to
match the working tree, but adds no new files.
+
-If no <pathspec> 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 <pathspec> should not be used.
+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::
@@ -117,10 +124,10 @@ of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to
match the working tree.
+
-If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
-"."; in other words, update all files in the current directory
-and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
-of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
+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::
@@ -129,11 +136,9 @@ of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
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 the current users of Git, whose
-"git add <pathspec>..." ignores removed files. In future versions
-of Git, "git add <pathspec>..." will be a synonym to "git add -A
-<pathspec>..." and "git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>..." will behave like
-today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
+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::
@@ -160,6 +165,11 @@ today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
tree or not.
+--chmod=(+|-)x::
+ Override the executable bit of the added files. The executable
+ bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left
+ unchanged.
+
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
@@ -169,7 +179,7 @@ today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
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:gitignore[5].
@@ -296,9 +306,9 @@ 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
@@ -313,7 +323,7 @@ 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::