Merge branch 'jc/clone' into next

[git.git] / Documentation / git-add.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 4cae412..ae24547 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ git-add(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-add - Add files to the index file.
+git-add - Add files to the index file
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] <file>...
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -26,12 +26,17 @@ OPTIONS
 -v::
         Be verbose.
 
+--::
+       This option can be used to separate command-line options from
+       the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
+       for command-line options).
+
 
 DISCUSSION
 ----------
 
 The list of <file> given to the command is fed to `git-ls-files`
-command to list files that are not registerd in the index and
+command to list files that are not registered in the index and
 are not ignored/excluded by `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file or
 `.gitignore` file in each directory.  This means two things:
 
@@ -60,6 +65,9 @@ git-add git-*.sh::
        (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not
        add `subdir/git-foo.sh` to the index.
 
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:git-rm[1]
 
 Author
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