Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/git-add.txt: describe --exclude option

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On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Alexander Kuleshov
<kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
> index f2eb907..4bc156a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
>  'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
> -         [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
> +         [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]] [--exclude=<pattern>]
>           [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
>           [--] [<pathspec>...]
>
> @@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
>         be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
>         tree or not.
>
> +--exclude=<pattern>::
> +       Do not add files to the index in addition which are found in
> +       the .gitignore.

This is difficult to understand. Perhaps something like:

    Also ignore files matching <pattern>, a .gitignore-like
    pattern.

This option can be specified multiple times, can't it? The
documentation should say so.

> +
>  \--::
>         This option can be used to separate command-line options from
>         the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
> --
> 2.3.3.472.g20ceeac
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