From: Alan Chandler Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:17:29 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-commit: rewrite to make it more end-user friendly. Message-ID: <200612100917.29967.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <7vd56tei20.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Saturday 09 December 2006 05:48, Junio C Hamano wrote: > OPTIONS > ------- > -a|--all:: > - Update all paths in the index file. This flag notices > - files that have been modified and deleted, but new files > - you have not told git about are not affected. > + Tell the command to automatically stage files that have > + been modified and deleted, but new files you have not > + told git about are not affected. The "but" in this sentence doesn't seem right to me, I would either use "although", or slightly better (IMHO) make it two sentences Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been modified and deleted. Note that files that you have not told git about are not included with this option. -- Alan Chandler