The original note probably wanted to suggest "edit the patch with care", but actually suggested just editing the first characters on certain lines, which is a pretty bad suggestion. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 45ebf87..daa1add 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ OPTIONS edit it. After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers and apply the patch to the index. + -*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change anything else than the first character -on lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer -apply. +*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change the first characters of the lines or +lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer apply. -u:: --update:: -- 1.6.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html