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authorMark Burton <markb@ordern.com>2008-11-18 22:33:44 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-11-18 16:15:12 -0800
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git-commit.txt - mention that files listed on the command line must be known to git.
Signed-off-by: Mark Burton <markb@ordern.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which
case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead
- record the current content of the listed files;
+ record the current content of the listed files (which must already
+ be known to git);
4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically
"add" changes from all known files (i.e. all files that are already