Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/git-add.txt: describe --exclude option
From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:04:09
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Alexander Kuleshov [off-list ref] wrote:
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Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <redacted> ---diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index f2eb907..4bc156a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] - [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]] + [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]] [--exclude=<pattern>] [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--] [<pathspec>...]@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files. be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work tree or not. +--exclude=<pattern>:: + Do not add files to the index in addition which are found in + the .gitignore.
This is difficult to understand. Perhaps something like:
Also ignore files matching <pattern>, a .gitignore-like
pattern.
This option can be specified multiple times, can't it? The
documentation should say so.
+
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
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