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Ben Knoble" , =?UTF-8?Q?Jean-No=C3=ABl?= AVILA , rsbecker@nexbridge.com, Julia Evans Slightly reword the first sentence ("you use" instead of "Git stores") Julia Evans (2): doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example doc: git-add: simplify discussion of ignored files Documentation/git-add.adoc | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1952%2Fjvns%2Fclarify-add-v4 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1952/jvns/clarify-add-v4 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1952 Range-diff vs v3: 1: c44beea485 < -: ---------- Git 2.51 2: 080720c059 ! 1: 57947d5a3e doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example @@ Documentation/git-add.adoc: git add [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or -modified files to the index. +Add contents of new or changed files to the index. The "index" (also -+known as "staging area") is where Git stores the contents of the next -+commit. ++known as the "staging area") is what you use to prepare the contents of ++the next commit. + +When you run `git commit` without any other arguments, it will only +commit staged changes. For example, if you've edited `file.c` and want 3: fc2ec305a9 = 2: f57effdd2b doc: git-add: simplify discussion of ignored files -- gitgitgadget