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"David Tweed" <david.tweed@gmail.com> writes:

> --remove::
> 	If a specified file is in the index but is missing then it's
> 	removed.
> 	Default behavior is to ignore removed file.

If necessary, better rewording to remove confusion is very much
appreciated.

"update-index <path>..." without options (that is "Default
behaviour") updates the index using the contents of the named
<path> found on the filesystem.  It does _not_ add new paths to
the index, nor remove paths (that exists in the index) from the
index.

Giving --add allows new paths to be added to the index if named
paths are found on the filesystem.  Giving --remove allows
existing paths to be removed from the index if named paths are
not found on the filesystem.