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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 35e67a06e4..bb4abe26bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh] - [--] <filepattern>... + [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -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 @@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ OPTIONS Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat() information in the index. +\--ignore-errors:: + If some files could not be added because of errors indexing + them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the + others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status. + \--:: This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken @@ -98,21 +105,27 @@ 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 ---------------- |