Documentation/git-add: kill remaining <filepattern>

[git.git] / Documentation / git-add.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index fd9e36b99f5506964ac8352b82bb7af05551a523..388a2254f9df0afd83482d0ad572c359401f1d7b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 '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
 -----------
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ commit.
 
 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`
@@ -100,20 +100,21 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
 
 -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,
-update all tracked files in the current directory and its
-subdirectories.
+If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
+"."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory
+and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
+of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
 
 -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.