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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-05-09 05:46:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-05-09 05:46:08 +0000 |
| commit | 6d76d61fb621d158ee26238e735e282e33fb1a81 (patch) | |
| tree | edcabf096615344f6d597c38b9faf68b26ba024d /git-add.txt | |
| parent | 47d68a53947d51de4f67b6b7e4e7f76e71e16fb5 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-6d76d61fb621d158ee26238e735e282e33fb1a81.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.5.1-178-g1f81
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diff --git a/git-add.txt b/git-add.txt index 35e67a06e..e0e730b6c 100644 --- a/git-add.txt +++ b/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 @@ -98,21 +100,27 @@ those in info/exclude. See link:repository-layout.html[repository layout]. EXAMPLES -------- -git-add Documentation/\\*.txt:: - Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` - directory and its subdirectories. +* Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory +and its subdirectories: ++ +------------ +$ git add Documentation/\\*.txt +------------ + Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this example; this lets the command to include the files from subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory. -git-add git-*.sh:: - - Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts. - Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk - (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not - consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`. +* Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts: ++ +------------ +$ git add git-*.sh +------------ ++ +Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are +listing the files explicitly), it does not consider +`subdir/git-foo.sh`. Interactive mode ---------------- |