Merge branch 'jc/add-2.0-ignore-removal'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index ee0f95cbdd2ec99c20a594685d20d4a2ce230bdf..895922e27cc4250d26818b4ca4ba42f1d2004fed 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
        <pathspec>.  This removes as well as modifies index entries to
        match the working tree, but adds no new files.
 +
-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.
+If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` 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).
 
 -A::
 --all::
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
        entry.  This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to
        match the working tree.
 +
-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.
+If no <pathspec> is given when `-A` 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).
 
 --no-all::
 --ignore-removal::