From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 22:16:04 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge branch 'lv/add-doc-working-tree' X-Git-Tag: v2.8.0-rc0~77 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/465c30a9c6f68c3bac25cd875624286baa37b41c?hp=dd65a9e5e3b6298e4fa52e21680008e7fd5556ea Merge branch 'lv/add-doc-working-tree' * lv/add-doc-working-tree: git-add doc: do not say working directory when you mean working tree --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index fe5282f130..6a96a669c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ remove paths that do not exist in the working tree anymore. The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit. Thus -after making any changes to the working directory, and before running +after making any changes to the working tree, and before running the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or modified files to the index.