>> I think Julia is referring to the fact that you can record the state >> that is different from what is in the index (or, what has been >> accumulated in the index by the past use of "git add" command that >> is being discussed here) with "git commit [-i] <pathspec>". You can >> do >> >> $ edit fileA fileB ;# assume both are tracked >> $ git add fileA >> $ git commit fileB I was actually thinking of `git commit -a`, but it amounts to the same thing. I'm going to remove the "By default": I agree it introduces some unnecessary confusion, similar to the "It typically adds..." in the current version of the man page. I'll instead be more explicit: "When you run `git commit` without any other arguments.."
