Merge branch 'jc/apply'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 7e293834d18982e7ae5d1d6fd057304994978318..6342ea33e4a34f19ca04c79157d80cb230c15f5c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-add(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-add - Add files to the index file.
+git-add - Add files to the index file
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
 A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index,
 for people used to do "cvs add".
 
+It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use
+"git update-index --add".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <file>...::
-       Files to add to the index.
+       Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]).
 
 -n::
         Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -v::
         Be verbose.
 
---::
+\--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
        the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
        for command-line options).
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ git-add git-*.sh::
        (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not
        add `subdir/git-foo.sh` to the index.
 
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:git-rm[1]
+gitlink:git-ls-files[1]
 
 Author
 ------