Document that "git add" only adds non-ignored files.

Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
git-mirror · May 21, 2006 · 845ae27 · 845ae27
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
 A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index,
 for people used to do "cvs add".
 
+It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use
+"git update-index --add".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <file>...::
-	Files to add to the index.
+	Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]).
 
 -n::
         Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ git-add git-*.sh::
 See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-rm[1]
+gitlink:git-ls-files[1]
 
 Author
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