{"thread":{"id":"16384","subject":"[PATCH] git-commit.txt - mention that files listed on the command line must be known to git.","startedAt":"2008-11-18T22:33:44Z","lastAt":"2008-11-18T22:33:44Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Mark Burton"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"96103","messageId":"20081118223344.5c1f2de1@crow","threadId":"16384","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] git-commit.txt - mention that files listed on the command line must be known to git.","fromName":"Mark Burton","fromEmail":"markb@ordern.com","sentAt":"2008-11-18T22:33:44Z","receivedAt":"2008-11-18T22:33:44Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"markb@ordern.com","avatar":null},"body":"Signed-off-by: Mark Burton <markb@ordern.com>\n---\n\n Adding this advertises the current behaviour and should stop anyone else\n asking the same question!\n\n Documentation/git-commit.txt |    3 ++-\n 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt\nindex 2e62165..a1ce9a8 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt\n@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:\n \n 3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which\n    case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead\n-   record the current content of the listed files;\n+   record the current content of the listed files (which must already\n+   be known to git);\n \n 4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically\n    \"add\" changes from all known files (i.e. all files that are already\n-- \n1.6.0.4\n"}]}