symbolic ref: refuse non-ref targets in HEAD

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 2b6d6c86547b2cec370d34b14ddef25264404892..7c129cb24f0e1c902a81b996ce84ab7e614079c4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
-         [--all | [--update | -u]] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
-         <filepattern>...
+         [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
+         [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ OPTIONS
        and add all untracked files that are not ignored by '.gitignore'
        mechanism.
 
+
+-N::
+--intent-to-add::
+       Record only the fact that the path will be added later. An entry
+       for the path is placed in the index with no content. This is
+       useful for, among other things, showing the unstaged content of
+       such files with 'git diff' and committing them with 'git commit
+       -a'.
+
 --refresh::
        Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
        information in the index.