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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | read-tree.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 2178a0ae3e..0639bd04b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the directory cache SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [-m [-u]] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) +'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [-m [-u|-i]] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ OPTIONS After a successful merge, update the files in the work tree with the result of the merge. +-i:: + Usually a merge requires the index file as well as the + files in the working tree are up to date with the + current head commit, in order not to lose local + changes. This flag disables the check with the working + tree and is meant to be used when creating a merge of + trees that are not directly related to the current + working tree status into a temporary index file. + + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. diff --git a/read-tree.c b/read-tree.c index 6a5c08c4c6..ca808739db 100644 --- a/read-tree.c +++ b/read-tree.c @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) die("failed to unpack tree object %s", arg); stage++; } - if (update && !merge) + if ((update||index_only) && !merge) usage(read_tree_usage); if (merge && !fn) { if (stage < 2) |