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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 9631526110..7ed63dce0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
+'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
[--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
- [--] [<pathspec>...]
+ [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ remove paths that do not exist in the working tree anymore.
The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it
is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit. Thus
-after making any changes to the working directory, and before running
+after making any changes to the working tree, and before running
the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or
modified files to the index.
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ This effectively runs `add --interactive`, but bypasses the
initial command menu and directly jumps to the `patch` subcommand.
See ``Interactive mode'' for details.
--e, \--edit::
+-e::
+--edit::
Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user
edit it. After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers
and apply the patch to the index.
@@ -164,6 +165,11 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
tree or not.
+--chmod=(+|-)x::
+ Override the executable bit of the added files. The executable
+ bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left
+ unchanged.
+
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
Configuration
-------------
-The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a
+The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a
file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
@@ -317,7 +323,7 @@ After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
+
You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration
-variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`.
+variable `interactive.singleKey` to `true`.
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