globs before the shell) will be silently ignored. The 'add' command can
be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option.
-Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
+Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
commit.
the specified filepatterns before exiting.
-u::
- Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
+ Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified
+ content for commit and marking deleted files for removal. 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()
EXAMPLES
--------
-git-add Documentation/\\*.txt::
- Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation`
- directory and its subdirectories.
+* Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory
+and its subdirectories:
++
+------------
+$ git add Documentation/\\*.txt
+------------
+
Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
example; this lets the command to include the files from
subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
-git-add git-*.sh::
-
- Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts.
- Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk
- (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not
- consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
+* Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts:
++
+------------
+$ git add git-*.sh
+------------
++
+Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are
+listing the files explicitly), it does not consider
+`subdir/git-foo.sh`.
Interactive mode
----------------
and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
the change of each hunk. You can say:
- y - add the change from that hunk to index
- n - do not add the change from that hunk to index
- a - add the change from that hunk and all the rest to index
- d - do not the change from that hunk nor any of the rest to index
- j - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next
- undecided hunk
- J - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next hunk
- k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous
- undecided hunk
- K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk
+ y - stage this hunk
+ n - do not stage this hunk
+ a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file
+ d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file
+ j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
+ J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
+ k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk
+ K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk
s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks
? - print help
+
This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between
HEAD and index).
+Bugs
+----
+The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain
+characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be
+used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash,
+double-quote and control characters will still have problems.
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-status[1]
-gitlink:git-rm[1]
-gitlink:git-reset[1]
-gitlink:git-mv[1]
-gitlink:git-commit[1]
-gitlink:git-update-index[1]
+linkgit:git-status[1]
+linkgit:git-rm[1]
+linkgit:git-reset[1]
+linkgit:git-mv[1]
+linkgit:git-commit[1]
+linkgit:git-update-index[1]
Author
------
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite