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[PATCH] Added a reference to git-add in the documentation for git-update-index

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
May 6, 2007, 21:11 UTC
Message-ID
<11784859182473-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
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Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index cd5e014..6cfbd9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Modifies the index or directory cache. Each file mentioned is updated
 into the index and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
 cleared.
 
+See also gitlink:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of
+the most common operations on the index.
+
 The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
 using the various options:
 
@@ -306,7 +309,8 @@ The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable.  See
 
 See Also
 --------
-gitlink:git-config[1]
+gitlink:git-config[1],
+gitlink:git-add[1]
 
 
 Author
-- 
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Message 3 of 10 in “Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operations”
  1. Document the fact that commit -a is the way to go for simple operationsMatthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  2. Document git add -u introduced earlier.Matthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  3. Added a reference to git-add in the documentation for git-update-indexMatthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  4. Document "commit --only".Matthieu Moy, May 6, 2007
  5. Nicolas PitreMay 6, 2007
  6. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  7. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  8. Nicolas PitreMay 6, 2007
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 7, 2007

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