'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
[--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--]
- [<filepattern>...]
+ [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
OPTIONS
-------
-<filepattern>...::
+<pathspec>...::
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`
-u::
--update::
- Only match <filepattern> against already tracked files in
+ Only match <pathspec> against already tracked files in
the index rather than the working tree. That means that it
will never stage new files, but that it will stage modified
new contents of tracked files and that it will remove files
from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree
have been removed.
+
-If no <filepattern> is given, default to "."; in other words,
+If no <pathspec> is given, default to "."; in other words,
update all tracked files in the current directory and its
subdirectories.
-A::
--all::
- Like `-u`, but match <filepattern> against files in the
+ Like `-u`, but match <pathspec> against files in the
working tree in addition to the index. That means that it
will find new files as well as staging modified content and
removing files that are no longer in the working tree.
The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a
file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
EXAMPLES
This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection.
After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index
and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
- the change of each hunk. You can say:
+ the change of each hunk. You can select one of the following
+ options and type return:
y - stage this hunk
n - do not stage this hunk
+
After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
++
+You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration
+variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`.
diff::