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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tutorial.txt | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-add.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | wt-status.c | 2 |
4 files changed, 72 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 6342ea33e4..d86c0e7f19 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-add(1) NAME ---- -git-add - Add files to the index file +git-add - Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -11,16 +11,31 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index, -for people used to do "cvs add". +All the changed file contents to be committed together in a single set +of changes must be "added" with the 'add' command before using the +'commit' command. This is not only for adding new files. Even modified +files must be added to the set of changes about to be committed. -It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use +This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. The added +content corresponds to the state of specified file(s) at the time the +'add' command is used. This means the 'commit' command will not consider +subsequent changes to already added content if it is not added again before +the commit. + +The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included +for the next commit. + +This command only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use "git update-index --add". +Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a +commit. + + OPTIONS ------- <file>...:: - Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]). + Files to add content from. -n:: Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. @@ -34,27 +49,12 @@ OPTIONS for command-line options). -DISCUSSION ----------- - -The list of <file> given to the command is fed to `git-ls-files` -command to list files that are not registered in the index and -are not ignored/excluded by `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file or -`.gitignore` file in each directory. This means two things: - -. You can put the name of a directory on the command line, and - the command will add all files in it and its subdirectories; - -. Giving the name of a file that is already in index does not - run `git-update-index` on that path. - - EXAMPLES -------- git-add Documentation/\\*.txt:: - Adds all `\*.txt` files that are not in the index under - `Documentation` directory and its subdirectories. + Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation` + directory and its subdirectories. + Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this example; this lets the command to include the files from @@ -62,15 +62,18 @@ subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory. git-add git-*.sh:: - Adds all git-*.sh scripts that are not in the index. + Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts. Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not - add `subdir/git-foo.sh` to the index. + consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`. See Also -------- +gitlink:git-status[1] gitlink:git-rm[1] -gitlink:git-ls-files[1] +gitlink:git-mv[1] +gitlink:git-commit[1] +gitlink:git-update-index[1] Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index fe4491de41..02dede320c 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -87,14 +87,48 @@ thorough description. Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line on the Subject line and the rest of the commit in the body. -To add a new file, first create the file, then ------------------------------------------------- -$ git add path/to/new/file ------------------------------------------------- +Git tracks content not files +---------------------------- + +With git you have to explicitly "add" all the changed _content_ you +want to commit together. This can be done in a few different ways: + +1) By using 'git add <file_spec>...' + + This can be performed multiple times before a commit. Note that this + is not only for adding new files. Even modified files must be + added to the set of changes about to be committed. The "git status" + command gives you a summary of what is included so far for the + next commit. When done you should use the 'git commit' command to + make it real. + + Note: don't forget to 'add' a file again if you modified it after the + first 'add' and before 'commit'. Otherwise only the previous added + state of that file will be committed. This is because git tracks + content, so what you're really 'add'ing to the commit is the *content* + of the file in the state it is in when you 'add' it. + +2) By using 'git commit -a' directly + + This is a quick way to automatically 'add' the content from all files + that were modified since the previous commit, and perform the actual + commit without having to separately 'add' them beforehand. This will + not add content from new files i.e. files that were never added before. + Those files still have to be added explicitly before performing a + commit. + +But here's a twist. If you do 'git commit <file1> <file2> ...' then only +the changes belonging to those explicitly specified files will be +committed, entirely bypassing the current "added" changes. Those "added" +changes will still remain available for a subsequent commit though. + +However, for normal usage you only have to remember 'git add' + 'git commit' +and/or 'git commit -a'. + -then commit as usual. No special command is required when removing a -file; just remove it, then tell `commit` about the file as usual. +Viewing the changelog +--------------------- At any point you can view the history of your changes using diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c index febb75ed99..b3f920676a 100644 --- a/builtin-add.c +++ b/builtin-add.c @@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) newfd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock_file, get_index_file(), 1); - if (read_cache() < 0) - die("index file corrupt"); - for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { const char *arg = argv[i]; @@ -131,6 +128,9 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) return 0; } + if (read_cache() < 0) + die("index file corrupt"); + for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) add_file_to_index(dir.entries[i]->name, verbose); diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c index de1be5bc66..4b8b5705b4 100644 --- a/wt-status.c +++ b/wt-status.c @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_changed_cb(struct diff_queue_struct *q, int i; if (q->nr) wt_status_print_header("Changed but not updated", - "use git-update-index to mark for commit"); + "use git-add on files to include for commit"); for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) wt_status_print_filepair(WT_STATUS_CHANGED, q->queue[i]); if (q->nr) |