From: Jari Aalto Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:35:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve --patch option documentation in git-add (updated patch) Message-ID: <87fxaolqhd.fsf_-_@jondo.cante.net> In-Reply-To: Sean Estabrooks 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. Updated, thanks, Jari >From be5eebc53c2e3dcf67edfb371d8aa8263e1a8d69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jari Aalto Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:33:51 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve --patch option documentation in git-add Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto --- 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 -- 1.6.3.3