Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.9.0-167-g38436
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@@ -800,8 +800,14 @@ Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. <tt>*.c</tt>) can be given to add all matching files. Also a leading directory name (e.g. <tt>dir</tt> to add <tt>dir/file1</tt> - and <tt>dir/file2</tt>) can be given to add all files in the - directory, recursively. + and <tt>dir/file2</tt>) can be given to update the index to + match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g. + specifying <tt>dir</tt> will record not just a file <tt>dir/file1</tt> + modified in the working tree, a file <tt>dir/file2</tt> added to + the working tree, but also a file <tt>dir/file3</tt> removed from + the working tree. Note that older versions of Git used + to ignore removed files; use <tt>--no-all</tt> option if you want + to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. </p> </dd> <dt class="hdlist1"> @@ -896,10 +902,10 @@ <pathspec>. This removes as well as modifies index entries to match the working tree, but adds no new files. </p> -<div class="paragraph"><p>If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to -"."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory -and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version -of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>If no <pathspec> is given when <tt>-u</tt> option is used, all +tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions +of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its +subdirectories).</p></div> </dd> <dt class="hdlist1"> -A @@ -917,10 +923,10 @@ entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to match the working tree. </p> -<div class="paragraph"><p>If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to -"."; in other words, update all files in the current directory -and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version -of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>If no <pathspec> is given when <tt>-A</tt> option is used, all +files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions +of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its +subdirectories).</p></div> </dd> <dt class="hdlist1"> --no-all @@ -935,11 +941,9 @@ files that have been removed from the working tree. This option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used. </p> -<div class="paragraph"><p>This option is primarily to help the current users of Git, whose -"git add <pathspec>…" ignores removed files. In future versions -of Git, "git add <pathspec>…" will be a synonym to "git add -A -<pathspec>…" and "git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>…" will behave like -today’s "git add <pathspec>…", ignoring removed files.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>This option is primarily to help users who are used to older +versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>…" was a synonym +for "git add --no-all <pathspec>…", i.e. ignored removed files.</p></div> </dd> <dt class="hdlist1"> -N @@ -1317,7 +1321,7 @@ <div id="footnotes"><hr /></div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 2013-08-20 08:40:27 PDT +Last updated 2014-03-11 14:35:07 PDT </div> </div> </body>
