[PATCH] Clarified the meaning of git-add -u in the documentation
From: Pekka Kaitaniemi <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:15
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
The git-add documentation did not state clearly that the -u switch updates only the tracked files that are in the current directory and its subdirectories. Signed-off-by: Pekka Kaitaniemi <redacted> --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 9d2ac86..4779909 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ OPTIONS Update only files that git already knows about. 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 are - updated. + command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the + current directory and its subdirectories are updated. \--refresh:: Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
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