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@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index,
for people used to do "cvs add".
+It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use
+"git update-index --add".
OPTIONS
-------
<file>...::
- Files to add to the index.
+ Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]).
-n::
Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ git-add git-*.sh::
See Also
--------
gitlink:git-rm[1]
+gitlink:git-ls-files[1]
Author
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