pack-objects: validation and documentation about unreachable options

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index b700beaff5ad2eaa407bfb3818e016a5bb27d87c..d50fa339dcc523158896fda8cdccd1a2784dfdd7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
          [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
-         [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
+         [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--renormalize]
          [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
        warning (e.g., if you are manually performing operations on
        submodules).
 
+--renormalize::
+       Apply the "clean" process freshly to all tracked files to
+       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`.
+
 --chmod=(+|-)x::
        Override the executable bit of the added files.  The executable
        bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left