add: document the chmod option

The git add --chmod option was introduced in 4e55ed3 ("add: add
--chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options", 2016-05-31), but was never
documented.  Document the feature.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Thomas Gummerer 2016-09-12 22:08:15 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 4e55ed32db
commit 7ef7903e60

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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
[--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
[--] [<pathspec>...]
[--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work
tree or not.
--chmod=(+|-)x::
Override the executable bit of the added files. The executable
bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left
unchanged.
\--::
This option can be used to separate command-line options from
the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken