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;doc:add: now balance assignment adding, as a separate commit

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@ -66,3 +66,12 @@ Also, each time you enter a new amount, hledger re-checks all balance assertions
and rejects the new amount if it would make any of them fail. and rejects the new amount if it would make any of them fail.
You can run `add` with `-I`/`--ignore-assertions` to disable balance assertion checking. You can run `add` with `-I`/`--ignore-assertions` to disable balance assertion checking.
## add and balance assignments
Since hledger 1.51, you can add a [balance assignment](#balance-assignments) by writing just `= BALANCE` when asked for an amount.
The missing amount will be calculated automatically.
`add` normally won't let you add a new posting which is dated earlier than an existing balance assignment.
(Because when `add` runs, existing balance assignments have already been calculated and converted to amounts and balance assertions.)
You can allow it by disabling balance assertion checking with `-I`.