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authorJulia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>2025-08-19 20:46:09 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-08-19 16:04:52 -0700
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tree81f2a3ff5c903338685dbc26d8f3db96007c5476 /builtin/index-pack.c
parentc44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0 (diff)
doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example
- Add a basic example of how "git add" is normally used - It's not technically true that you *must* use the `add` command to add changes before running `git commit`, because `git commit -a` exists. Instead say that you *can* use the `add` command. - Mention early on that "index" is another word for "staging area", since Git very rarely uses the word "index" in its output (`git status`) uses the term "staged", and many Git users are unfamiliar with the term "index" - Remove "It typically adds" (it's not clear what "typically" means), and instead mention that `git add -p` can be used to add partial contents - Currently the introduction is somewhat repetitive ("to prepare the content staged for the next commit" ... "this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit."), replace with a single sentence ("The "index" [...] is where Git stores the contents of the next commit.") Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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