The usage of working directory is inconsistent in the git add help. Also http://git-scm.com/docs/giit-clone speaks only about working tree. Remaining entry found by "git grep -B1 '^directory' git-add.txt" really relates to a directory. Signed-off-by: Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index fe5282f..cfef77b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ remove paths that do not exist in the working tree anymore. The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit. Thus -after making any changes to the working directory, and before running +after making any changes to the working tree, and before running the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or modified files to the index. @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ OPTIONS -p:: --patch:: Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the - work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance + working tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance to review the difference before adding modified contents to the index. + -- 2.7.0 -- 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