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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 6342ea33e..95bea6637 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -3,24 +3,45 @@ 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 -------- -'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--] <file>... +'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive] [--] <file>... 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. + +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 can be used to add ignored files with `-f` (force) +option, but they have to be +explicitly and exactly specified from the command line. File globbing +and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files. + +Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a +commit. -It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use -"git update-index --add". OPTIONS ------- <file>...:: - Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]). + Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can + be given to add all matching files. Also a + leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` + and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the + directory, recursively. -n:: Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. @@ -28,33 +49,25 @@ OPTIONS -v:: Be verbose. +-f:: + Allow adding otherwise ignored files. + +\--interactive:: + Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to + the index. + \--:: This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken 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 +75,131 @@ 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`. + +Interactive mode +---------------- +When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the +output of the 'status' subcommand, and then goes into ints +interactive command loop. + +The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and +gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends +with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given +and type return, like this: + +------------ + *** Commands *** + 1: status 2: update 3: revert 4: add untracked + 5: patch 6: diff 7: quit 8: help + What now> 1 +------------ + +You also could say "s" or "sta" or "status" above as long as the +choice is unique. + +The main command loop has 6 subcommands (plus help and quit). + +status:: + + This shows the change between HEAD and index (i.e. what will be + committed if you say "git commit"), and between index and + working tree files (i.e. what you could stage further before + "git commit" using "git-add") for each path. A sample output + looks like this: ++ +------------ + staged unstaged path + 1: binary nothing foo.png + 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl +------------ ++ +It shows that foo.png has differences from HEAD (but that is +binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no +difference between indexed copy and the working tree +version (if the working tree version were also different, +'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing'). The +other file, git-add--interactive.perl, has 403 lines added +and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but +working tree file has further modifications (one addition and +one deletion). + +update:: + + This shows the status information and gives prompt + "Update>>". When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can + make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or + comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose + 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose + everything. ++ +What you chose are then highlighted with '*', +like this: ++ +------------ + staged unstaged path + 1: binary nothing foo.png +* 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl +------------ ++ +To remove selection, prefix the input with `-` +like this: ++ +------------ +Update>> -2 +------------ ++ +After making the selection, answer with an empty line to stage the +contents of working tree files for selected paths in the index. + +revert:: + + This has a very similar UI to 'update', and the staged + information for selected paths are reverted to that of the + HEAD version. Reverting new paths makes them untracked. + +add untracked:: + + This has a very similar UI to 'update' and + 'revert', and lets you add untracked paths to the index. + +patch:: + + This lets you choose one path out of 'status' like selection. + After choosing the path, it presents diff between the index + and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage + the change of each hunk. You can say: + + y - add the change from that hunk to index + n - do not add the change from that hunk to index + a - add the change from that hunk and all the rest to index + d - do not the change from that hunk nor any of the rest to index + j - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next + undecided hunk + J - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next hunk + k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous + undecided hunk + K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk ++ +After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk +that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks. + +diff:: + + This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between + HEAD and index). + 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 ------ |