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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 54b5f24c17..58b9e49af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ git-update-index(1) =================== -v0.1, May 2005 NAME ---- @@ -10,11 +9,13 @@ git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-update-index' - [--add] [--remove] [--refresh] [--replace] - [--ignore-missing] - [--force-remove] + [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace] + [--refresh [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]] [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* - [--info-only] + [--chmod=(+|-)x] + [--info-only] [--index-info] + [-z] [--stdin] + [--verbose] [--] [<file>]\* DESCRIPTION @@ -42,12 +43,28 @@ OPTIONS Looks at the current cache and checks to see if merges or updates are needed by checking stat() information. +-q:: + Quiet. If --refresh finds that the cache needs an update, the + default behavior is to error out. This option makes + git-update-index continue anyway. + +--unmerged:: + If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the cache, the default + behavior is to error out. This option makes git-update-index + continue anyway. + --ignore-missing:: Ignores missing files during a --refresh --cacheinfo <mode> <object> <path>:: Directly insert the specified info into the cache. +--index-info:: + Read index info from stdin. + +--chmod=(+|-)x:: + Set the execute permissions on the updated files. + --info-only:: Do not create objects in the object database for all <file> arguments that follow this flag; just insert @@ -65,12 +82,24 @@ OPTIONS that conflicts with the entry being added are automatically removed with warning messages. +--stdin:: + Instead of taking list of paths from the command line, + read list of paths from the standard input. Paths are + separated by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default. + +--verbose:: + Report what is being added and removed from index. + +-z:: + Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with + NUL character instead of LF. + --:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. <file>:: Files to act on. - Note that files begining with '.' are discarded. This includes + Note that files beginning with '.' are discarded. This includes `./file` and `dir/./file`. If you don't want this, then use cleaner names. The same applies to directories ending '/' and paths with '//' @@ -92,7 +121,7 @@ Using --cacheinfo or --info-only current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout merging. - To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: +To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: $ git-update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path @@ -112,6 +141,17 @@ To update and refresh only the files already checked out: git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +Configuration +------------- + +The command honors `core.filemode` configuration variable. If +your repository is on an filesystem whose executable bits are +unreliable, this should be set to 'false'. This causes the +command to ignore differences in file modes recorded in the +index and the file mode on the filesystem if they differ only on +executable bit. On such an unfortunate filesystem, you may +need to use `git-update-index --chmod=`. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> @@ -122,5 +162,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel GIT --- -Part of the link:git.html[git] suite +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |