Merge branch 'dk/maint-blame-el'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index d0b279b829526fa277f51b9e03c1dee1e2abac07..73378b2bef8405f54c661e8c9745057b5b243f4d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [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
 -----------
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ 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 performed by Git (quote your
-globs before the shell) will be silently ignored.  The `add` command can
+globs before the shell) will be silently ignored.  The 'git add' command can
 be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option.
 
 Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -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::
@@ -131,6 +133,12 @@ subdirectories.
        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
@@ -149,14 +157,14 @@ those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
 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.
 
@@ -212,7 +220,7 @@ binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no
 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).
@@ -266,9 +274,9 @@ patch::
 
        y - stage this hunk
        n - do not stage this hunk
-       q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
-       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
+       q - quit; do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
+       a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file
+       d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the later hunks in the file
        g - select a hunk to go to
        / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
        j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk