t5004: avoid using tar for checking emptiness of archive

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 35cb5d3f643905d124445ecdae3d2949ac0067a6..b0944e57d52546d725d0d9d71692ff74f9fac55f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
          [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
          [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--]
-         [<filepattern>...]
+         [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ commit.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<filepattern>...::
+<pathspec>...::
        Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
        be given to add all matching files.  Also a
        leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
@@ -100,23 +100,26 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
 
 -u::
 --update::
-       Only match <filepattern> against already tracked files in
-       the index rather than the working tree. That means that it
-       will never stage new files, but that it will stage modified
-       new contents of tracked files and that it will remove files
-       from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree
-       have been removed.
+       Update the index just where it already has an entry matching
+       <pathspec>.  This removes as well as modifies index entries to
+       match the working tree, but adds no new files.
 +
-If no <filepattern> is given, default to "."; in other words,
-update all tracked files in the current directory and its
-subdirectories.
+If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
+"."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory
+and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
+of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
 
 -A::
 --all::
-       Like `-u`, but match <filepattern> against files in the
-       working tree in addition to the index. That means that it
-       will find new files as well as staging modified content and
-       removing files that are no longer in the working tree.
+       Update the index not only where the working tree has a file
+       matching <pathspec> but also where the index already has an
+       entry.  This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to
+       match the working tree.
++
+If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
+"."; in other words, update all files in the current directory
+and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
+of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
 
 -N::
 --intent-to-add::
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ Configuration
 The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a
 file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
 $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 
 EXAMPLES
@@ -274,7 +277,8 @@ patch::
   This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection.
   After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index
   and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
-  the change of each hunk.  You can say:
+  the change of each hunk.  You can select one of the following
+  options and type return:
 
        y - stage this hunk
        n - do not stage this hunk
@@ -293,6 +297,9 @@ patch::
 +
 After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
 that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
++
+You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration
+variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`.
 
 diff::