checkout: tone down the "forked status" diagnostic messages

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 3383aca9aff5bbcfeaaa782736c226cad29b25b7..9d2ac865d29164dd594c801dd42e3492128f7b91 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
+          [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -31,27 +33,27 @@ files have changes that are staged for the next commit.
 The 'git add' command will not add ignored files by default.  If any
 ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, 'git add'
 will fail with a list of ignored files.  Ignored files reached by
-directory recursion or filename globbing will be silently ignored.
-The 'add' command can be used to add ignored files with the `-f`
-(force) option.
+directory recursion or filename globbing performed by Git (quote your
+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.
 
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<file>...::
+<filepattern>...::
        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.
 
--n::
+-n, \--dry-run::
         Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
 
--v::
+-v, \--verbose::
         Be verbose.
 
 -f::
@@ -59,7 +61,14 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -i, \--interactive::
        Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
-       the index.
+       the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
+       operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive
+       mode'' for details.
+
+-p, \--patch::
+       Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
+       bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
+       the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
 -u::
        Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
@@ -208,6 +217,8 @@ patch::
        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
+       s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks
+       ? - print help
 +
 After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
 that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
@@ -220,11 +231,12 @@ diff::
 
 See Also
 --------
-gitlink:git-status[1]
-gitlink:git-rm[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
 ------
@@ -236,4 +248,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite