add: document the chmod option

The git add --chmod option was introduced in 4e55ed3 ("add: add
--chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options", 2016-05-31), but was never
documented.  Document the feature.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 6a96a669c299ebd0408d3a1e34d8e42541f3a9e8..7ed63dce0b1f55325497b4fd6879422fe119eaf5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
          [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
          [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
 'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
          [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
          [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]

-         [--] [<pathspec>...]
+         [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]

 
 DESCRIPTION
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 DESCRIPTION
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@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
        be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
        tree or not.
 
        be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
        tree or not.
 

+--chmod=(+|-)x::
+       Override the executable bit of the added files.  The executable
+       bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left
+       unchanged.
+

 \--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
        the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
 \--::
        This option can be used to separate command-line options from
        the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken