Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sections

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-add.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 2eabbc8f7cf56040bb57c5f5ee3570c63fedc166..9c6b081e6c09bc105aae0b447260792fecd175d8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
-          [--] <filepattern>...
+         [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -50,37 +50,48 @@ OPTIONS
        and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
        directory, recursively.
 
--n, \--dry-run::
+-n::
+--dry-run::
         Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
 
--v, \--verbose::
+-v::
+--verbose::
         Be verbose.
 
 -f::
        Allow adding otherwise ignored files.
 
--i, \--interactive::
+-i::
+--interactive::
        Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
        the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
        operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive
        mode'' for details.
 
--p, \--patch::
+-p::
+--patch::
        Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
        bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
        the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
 -u::
-       Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
+       Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified
+       content for commit and marking deleted files for removal. This
+       is similar
        to what "git commit -a" does in preparation for making a commit,
        except that the update is limited to paths specified on the
        command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the
        current directory and its subdirectories are updated.
 
-\--refresh::
+--refresh::
        Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
        information in the index.
 
+--ignore-errors::
+       If some files could not be added because of errors indexing
+       them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
+       others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
+
 \--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
        the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@ Configuration
 The optional configuration variable 'core.excludesfile' indicates a path to a
 file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
 $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude.  See link:repository-layout.html[repository layout].
+those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository layout].
 
 
 EXAMPLES
@@ -239,7 +250,7 @@ characters that need C-quoting.  `core.quotepath` configuration can be
 used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash,
 double-quote and control characters will still have problems.
 
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-status[1]
 linkgit:git-rm[1]
@@ -258,4 +269,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite