On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt > index 48754cb..77ad391 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt > @@ -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 s/of\s+Git/of Git/ > + to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want > + to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. > > -n:: > --dry-run:: > @@ -129,11 +135,9 @@ 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 > +to "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files. s/to/for/ [or] s/to/of/ > > -N:: > --intent-to-add:: -- 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