git add <pathspec>... defaults to "-A"

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 48754cbc67a2cc3819fac272cdef9d9d0d76c0d7..ee0f95cbdd2ec99c20a594685d20d4a2ce230bdf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS
        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`
-       and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
-       directory, recursively.
+       and `dir/file2`) can be given to update the index to
+       match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g.
+       specifying `dir` will record not just a file `dir/file1`
+       modified in the working tree, a file `dir/file2` added to
+       the working tree, but also a file `dir/file3` removed from
+       the working tree.  Note that older versions of Git used
+       to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want
+       to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones.
 
 -n::
 --dry-run::
@@ -129,11 +135,9 @@ of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
        files that have been removed from the working tree.  This
        option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used.
 +
-This option is primarily to help the current users of Git, whose
-"git add <pathspec>..." ignores removed files.  In future versions
-of Git, "git add <pathspec>..." will be a synonym to "git add -A
-<pathspec>..." and "git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>..." will behave like
-today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
+This option is primarily to help users who are used to older
+versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>..." was a synonym
+for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
 
 -N::
 --intent-to-add::