Re: [PATCH] Improve --patch option documentation in git-add (updated patch)

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Sep 15, 2009, 05:35 UTC

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Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:

> ... To me though, it seems more difficult to parse this description
> than the one offered by Junio in an earlier thread ...perhaps you'd
> consider something closer to yours, such as:
>
> 	Interactively review the differences between the index and the
> 	work tree and choose which hunks to add into the index.
>
> 	This effectively runs ``add --interactive``, but bypasses the
> 	initial command menu and jumps directly to the `patch` subcommand.
> 	See ``Interactive mode'' for details.

>From be5eebc53c2e3dcf67edfb371d8aa8263e1a8d69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:33:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Improve --patch option documentation in git-add

Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index e67b7e8..c57895a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -p::
 --patch::
-	Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
-	bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
-	the specified filepatterns before exiting.
+	Interactively review the differences between the index and the
+	work tree and choose which hunks to add into the index.
+
+	This effectively runs ``add --interactive``, but bypasses the
+	initial command menu and jumps directly to the `patch` subcommand.
+	See ``Interactive mode'' for details.
 
 -e, \--edit::
 	Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user

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