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diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index 6c93445cc1..660904686c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ index a042389..513feba 100644 +hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -So `git-diff` is comparing against something other than the head. +So 'git-diff' is comparing against something other than the head. The thing that it's comparing against is actually the index file, which is stored in .git/index in a binary format, but whose contents we can examine with ls-files: @@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ hello world! hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -So what our `git-add` did was store a new blob and then put +So what our 'git-add' did was store a new blob and then put a reference to it in the index file. If we modify the file again, -we'll see that the new modifications are reflected in the `git-diff` +we'll see that the new modifications are reflected in the 'git-diff' output: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ index 513feba..ba3da7b 100644 +again? ------------------------------------------------ -With the right arguments, `git-diff` can also show us the difference +With the right arguments, 'git-diff' can also show us the difference between the working directory and the last commit, or between the index and the last commit: @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ index a042389..513feba 100644 +hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -At any time, we can create a new commit using `git-commit` (without +At any time, we can create a new commit using 'git-commit' (without the "-a" option), and verify that the state committed only includes the changes stored in the index file, not the additional change that is still only in our working tree: @@ -329,11 +329,11 @@ index 513feba..ba3da7b 100644 +again? ------------------------------------------------ -So by default `git-commit` uses the index to create the commit, not +So by default 'git-commit' uses the index to create the commit, not the working tree; the "-a" option to commit tells it to first update the index with all changes in the working tree. -Finally, it's worth looking at the effect of `git-add` on the index +Finally, it's worth looking at the effect of 'git-add' on the index file: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ $ echo "goodbye, world" >closing.txt $ git add closing.txt ------------------------------------------------ -The effect of the `git-add` was to add one entry to the index file: +The effect of the 'git-add' was to add one entry to the index file: ------------------------------------------------ $ git ls-files --stage |