document "intent to add" option to git-add
This was added by 3942581 but never documented. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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[verse]
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'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
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- [--all | [--update | -u]] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
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- <filepattern>...
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+ [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
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+ [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
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DESCRIPTION
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and add all untracked files that are not ignored by '.gitignore'
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mechanism.
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+-N::
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+--intent-to-add::
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+ Record only the fact that the path will be added later. An entry
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+ for the path is placed in the index with no content. This is
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+ useful for, among other things, showing the unstaged content of
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+ such files with 'git diff' and commiting them with 'git commit
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+ -a'.
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--refresh::
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Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
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information in the index.