Philip Oakley [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 11eb70f16c..9b37f35654 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
forcibly add them again to the index. This is useful after
changing `core.autocrlf` configuration or the `text` attribute
in order to correct files added with wrong CRLF/LF line endings.
- This option implies `-u`.
+ This option implies `-u`. Lone CR characters are untouched, thus
+ while a CRLF cleans to LF, a CRCRLF sequence is only partially
+ cleaned to CRLF.
Looks perfetly readable and understandable to me.
Thanks, will replace. Let's plan to merge it down soonish.