On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:12:56AM -0700, Geoffrey Irving wrote: > >> Cool. "git add -u && git add ." does exactly what I want. >> >> This is only indirectly mentioned in the documentation. If you think >> it's reasonable to mention it more explicitly, I've attached a patch. > > Yeah, the term "update" is not really defined there. I actually prefer > to mention it even earlier in the paragraph; does this make sense to > you? > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt > index 35e67a0..e2389e3 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt > @@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ OPTIONS > the specified filepatterns before exiting. > > -u:: > - Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar > + Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified > + content for commit and marking deleted files for removal. This > + is similar > to what "git commit -a" does in preparation for making a commit, > except that the update is limited to paths specified on the > command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the Yep, that's better than mine. Geoffrey -- 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
