This is documented in the section about the 'Interactive Mode', rather than for
the option '--patch', since this is the section is where people go to learn
about '--patch'.
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@xxxxxx>
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-add.txt | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 35cb5d3..9c1d395 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ patch::
This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection.
After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index
and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
- the change of each hunk. You can say:
+ the change of each hunk. You can select one of the following
+ options and type return:
y - stage this hunk
n - do not stage this hunk
@@ -293,6 +294,9 @@ patch::
+
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`.
diff::
--
1.7.1
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