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Ben Knoble" , =?UTF-8?Q?Jean-No=C3=ABl?= AVILA , Julia Evans , Julia Evans From: Julia Evans - use examples - mention `git diff --staged` - link to git diff man page Signed-off-by: Julia Evans --- Documentation/git-add.adoc | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.adoc b/Documentation/git-add.adoc index 75e223f6b1ea..6a6f5223419f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-add.adoc @@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ You can also add only part of your changes to a file with `git add -p`. Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a commit. -This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. It only -adds the content of the specified file(s) at the time the add command is -run; if you want subsequent changes included in the next commit, then -you must run `git add` again to add the new content to the index. +The `git add` command only adds the changes at the time that you run it. +If you edit `file.c` after adding it, you need to run `git add file.c` +again before committing. -The `git status` command can be used to obtain a summary of which -files have changes that are staged for the next commit. +If you want to check which changes have been added, you can run +`git status` to print out a summary of the changes that will be committed +or run `git diff --staged` to see the full diff. `git add` will not add ignored files by default. You can use the `--force` option to add ignored files. If you explicitly specify the @@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ linkgit:git-rm[1] linkgit:git-reset[1] linkgit:git-mv[1] linkgit:git-commit[1] +linkgit:git-diff[1] linkgit:git-update-index[1] GIT -- gitgitgadget