[verse]
'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
- [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] [<filepattern>...]
+ [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--]
+ [<filepattern>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-n::
--dry-run::
- Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
+ Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist and/or will
+ be ignored.
-v::
--verbose::
them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
+--ignore-missing::
+ This option can only be used together with --dry-run. By using
+ this option the user can check if any of the given files would
+ be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
+ tree or not.
+
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
EXAMPLES
--------
-* Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory
+* 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
+Note that the asterisk `*` is quoted from the shell in this
example; this lets the command include the files from
subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
difference between indexed copy and the working tree
version (if the working tree version were also different,
'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing'). The
-other file, git-add--interactive.perl, has 403 lines added
+other file, git-add{litdd}interactive.perl, has 403 lines added
and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but
working tree file has further modifications (one addition and
one deletion).