From 8776f5d3bb4237d5a7e43dc2aeaf25b5a4ba819d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:36:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] document "intent to add" option to git-add This was added by 3942581 but never documented. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 2b6d6c865..6fc20b0ba 100644 --- 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] [--] - ... + [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N] + [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] ... 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 commiting them with 'git commit + -a'. + --refresh:: Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat() information in the index. -- 2.26.2