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Re: [PATCH 06/13] Simplify "How to make a commit"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2013, 03:20 UTC
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Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> writes:
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> Combine the two cases for "git add" into one.
> Add verb "use" to "git rm" case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/user-manual.txt | 11 +++--------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
> index 8a1a441..ca78333 100644
> --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
> @@ -1080,19 +1080,14 @@ produce no output at that point.
>  
>  Modifying the index is easy:
>  
> -To update the index with the new contents of a modified file, use
> +To add the contents of a new file to the index or update the index 
> +with the new contents of a modified file, use
>  
>  -------------------------------------------------
>  $ git add path/to/file
>  -------------------------------------------------
>  
> -To add the contents of a new file to the index, use
> -
> --------------------------------------------------
> -$ git add path/to/file
> --------------------------------------------------
OK.
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> -To remove a file from the index and from the working tree,
> +To remove a file from the index and from the working tree, use
>  
>  -------------------------------------------------
>  $ git rm path/to/file
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Message 19 of 44 in “Modernize user-manual”
  1. 0/13 Modernize user-manualThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  2. 01/13 Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git versionThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  5. 02/13 Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  7. Aw: Re: [PATCH 02/13] Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  8. 03/13 Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  10. Aw: Re: [PATCH 03/13] Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  11. 04/13 Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  14. Martin von ZweigbergkAug 25, 2013
  15. 05/13 Fix some typosThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  16. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  17. Aw: Re: [PATCH 05/13] Fix some typosThomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  18. 06/13 Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  20. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  21. Aw: Re: [PATCH 06/13] Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  22. 07/13 Improve description in "How to merge"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  24. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  25. Aw: Re: [PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  26. 08/13 Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  28. Aw: Re: [PATCH 08/13] Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  29. 09/13 Improve section "Merge multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  30. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  31. Aw: Re: [PATCH 09/13] Improve section "Merge multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  32. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  33. 10/13 Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  35. 11/13 Remove obscure reference from "Examples"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  37. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  38. Aw: Re: [PATCH 11/13] Remove obscure reference from "Examples"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 25, 2013
  39. 12/13 Remove irrelevant reference from "Tying it all together"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  41. Jon LoeligerAug 26, 2013
  42. 13/13 "git prune" is safe nowThomas Ackermann, Aug 24, 2013
  43. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2013
  44. Philip OakleyAug 24, 2013

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