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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.adoc b/Documentation/git-add.adoc index 19f99b0e7f..bf793d2894 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-add.adoc @@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ you must run `git add` again to add the new content to the index. The `git status` command can be used to obtain a summary of which files have changes that are staged for the next commit. -The `git add` command will not add ignored files by default. If any -ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, `git add` -will fail with a list of ignored files. Ignored files reached by -directory recursion or filename globbing performed by Git (quote your -globs before the shell) will be silently ignored. The `git add` command can -be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option. +The `git add` command will not add ignored files by default. You can +use the `--force` option to add ignored files. If you specify the exact +filename of an ignored file, `git add` will fail with a list of ignored +files. Otherwise it will silently ignore the file. Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a commit. |