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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/update-index.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c index d562f2ec69..e1ca0759d5 100644 --- a/builtin/update-index.c +++ b/builtin/update-index.c @@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) struct refresh_params refresh_args = {0, &has_errors}; int lock_error = 0; int split_index = -1; + int force_write = 0; struct lock_file *lock_file; struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx; strbuf_getline_fn getline_fn; @@ -1006,6 +1007,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) N_("test if the filesystem supports untracked cache"), UC_TEST), OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-untracked-cache", &untracked_cache, N_("enable untracked cache without testing the filesystem"), UC_FORCE), + OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-write-index", &force_write, + N_("write out the index even if is not flagged as changed"), 1), OPT_END() }; @@ -1147,7 +1150,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die("BUG: bad untracked_cache value: %d", untracked_cache); } - if (active_cache_changed) { + if (active_cache_changed || force_write) { if (newfd < 0) { if (refresh_args.flags & REFRESH_QUIET) exit(128); |