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* [PATCH 1/2] document "intent to add" option to git-add
@ 2008-10-21  0:36 Jeff King
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From: Jeff King @ 2008-10-21  0:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git

This was added by 3942581 but never documented.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 2b6d6c8..6fc20b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
-	  [--all | [--update | -u]] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
-	  <filepattern>...
+	  [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
+	  [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	and add all untracked files that are not ignored by '.gitignore'
 	mechanism.
 
+
+-N::
+--intent-to-add::
+	Record only the fact that the path will be added later. An entry
+	for the path is placed in the index with no content. This is
+	useful for, among other things, showing the unstaged content of
+	such files with 'git diff' and commiting them with 'git commit
+	-a'.
+
 --refresh::
 	Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
 	information in the index.
-- 
1.6.0.2.770.gb4241.dirty

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