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| author | Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> | 2009-09-13 09:43:10 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-09-13 01:36:13 -0700 |
| commit | 5f2b1e67ca807239cd3596c1eb943357def1ce17 (patch) | |
| tree | 85f587eb565781f3774e95d5be010176c7bc1a2a /Documentation | |
| parent | 4a452ede390996b0c5dbb7d36536cb5552c6d9fb (diff) | |
| download | git-5f2b1e67ca807239cd3596c1eb943357def1ce17.tar.gz | |
Improve --patch option documentation in git-add
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index e67b7e875e..45ebf87ca3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ OPTIONS -p:: --patch:: - Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is - bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of - the specified filepatterns before exiting. + Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the + work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance + to review the difference before adding modified contents to the + index. + + This effectively runs ``add --interactive``, but bypasses the + initial command menu and directly jumps to `patch` subcommand. + See ``Interactive mode'' for details. -e, \--edit:: Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user |